[Rhodes22-list] Spiders on Sailboats

[Art Shriver]

On one of the other sailing nets there was some discussion about putting 
sheets of fabric softner about the cabin to rid it of spiders.  I don't 
recall that any 'scientific reason' was ever given  but the responses 
were all positive.  Why not put some sheets inside the cabin and stuff a 
bunch under you sail cover around the mast .... see what happens.  Your 
wife/girl friend probably has a box  by the washer.

Let us know what you find out.

Art Shriver,  Teetotum, a '76

brad haslett wrote:

>Does anyone out there have a solution on how to keep
>spiders from building webs on sailboats?  The sailboat
>dock at the marina where "CoraShen" is berthed is well
>lit, which attracts the bugs, which provides a
>constant food source for the spiders.  I can wash the
>boat and return two days later to find it completely
>covered with webs.  They make their way to the top of
>the mast - these must be non-acrophopic arachnids -
>and it takes 15+ knots to get the wind meter working
>again.  The worst part is that spiders, like most
>critters. need to do something with what they eat
>after they eat it and they do it all over the deck. 
>I've searched the net for solutions and came up with
>nothing.  There are some products that claim to make
>it more difficult to build webs, I guess you could
>apply it to the stays, and some electronic deterrents.
> They both sound like snake-oil to me.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Brad Haslett
>"CoraShen"
>
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