[Rhodes22-list] Spiders on Sailboats

[Saroj]

What's the matter, Art, don't men wash clothes?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Shriver" <adshriv at verizon.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Spiders on Sailboats


> 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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