We used Zee's solution as a
safety precaution on our old Transpac that had high freeboard. Our little Hobiecat grew up aboard from the time he was a kitten and never went
overboard once in 10 years of cruising to
Mexico and back and many trips to the Channel Islands.
It was only after we returned to
San Diego and were in a marina next to a young lady who had a couple of cats in heat that Hobicat left on his own for a visit next door. My wife walked over, grabbed Hobie by the scruff of the neck and threw him into the drink! She then fished him out and but him back aboard our
boat... he never wandered again!!
Actually, neither would I after that experience! Capt Phil