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Admiral

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Initially Posted - 06/24/2008 :  16:27:58  Show Profile
I have a problem with bugs, mostly spiders and wasps, getting under my sail cover and building nests (the wasps). In the past I have used Bounce dryer strips secured to the snaps on the sail cover, they work okay, but take a long time to put on and take off.

Any suggestions as to a different and quicker solution would be appreciated.

Thanks.
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Stardog
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  11:12:16  Show Profile
I've always had the spider problem, wasps can at least be chased away and discouraged from coming back by tossing their nests away. I've never tried dryer strips, but what if you were to use some sort of semi-permanent attachment, like velcro? You attach one side of the velcro to the sailcover, either by sewing or stapling it on. Then you staple the other half to the dryer strips. You can apply them to, or remove them from your sail cover in seconds. Replacing the strips would be easy to do; when they wear out, you tear the velcro off and staple them to new strips.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  11:25:06  Show Profile
We have found that the dock lines provide a great bridge to the boat for spiders. So, we spray the dock-end of the lines with Hotshot spider killer. It has reduced our spider problem a great deal. I respray about every month.
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  11:28:33  Show Profile
Hey Randy, Pat,

The hotshot idea sounds pretty good, I take it you only spray as you're leaving the boat so you won't get that stuff on your hands? How much do you spray, and do you do that at on end or in the middle? All summer long, as we leave the marina, we are flicking spiders off the sails, covers, etc. into the water to feed the fish.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  11:48:53  Show Profile
Dog, we leave our lines on the dock and detach the lines at the cleats on the boat when we set off. So, since we spray the dock ends of the lines our hands never touch the spray. We only spray the dock ends and up about a foot and spray it pretty heavily.

On a side note we also use the round buoy's/fenders at our slip and they are affixed at the slip all season. So, we never have to deploy fenders when we set sail or return to the slip. Makes it much easier to go sailing and we have focused energy on making each trip easy. We can be sailing in under 5 minutes from arrival and when we pull back into the slip we are off the boat in under 5 minutes. I don't understand why everyone doesn't use this buoy technique.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  12:26:22  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I read somewhere, maybe on this forum, that moth balls repel spiders and wasps. Haven't tried it so I can't vouch for the claim. Perhaps a few in a small mesh bag strategicly place under your sail cover will work.

I personally enjoy feeding spiders to the fish. I usally have some nice big fat ones on board, especially under the outboard cowel.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  12:44:03  Show Profile
I read somewhere very long ago -- I think in Cruising World -- that spiders keep the cockroaches at bay. In fact, the article suggested a pet tarantula on board. Maybe they're not so bad after all.
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piseas
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  13:25:09  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Cockroaches on board! Yuk. Someone not keeping a tidy ship.
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  13:45:07  Show Profile
If I had a tarantula on board to keep the cockroaches at bay, I would be sleeping with the fishes... after the Admiral put my feet in concrete.

We have had good luck keeping the spiders and thus their webs off the boat by spraying the docklines, and also include the rubrail. They really like to have nests under the rail. We spray about twice a year and it has greatly reduced the number of spiders on the boat.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  14:06:30  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by piseas</i>
<br />Cockroaches on board! Yuk. Someone not keeping a tidy ship.
Steve A
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">The article was targeting cruisers particularly those living in tropical or sub-tropical areas where Palmetto bugs and their cousins are a almost fact of life as opposed to an indication of poor housekeeping.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/25/2008 :  14:50:31  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
A chlorine solution is supposed to break the bonds of a spider web and discourages them from building more. I haven't tried this, I've only read about it.
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