[Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes

[Rick]

Ben,

Store your anchor rode in the rode locker where it ought to be.

Rick

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Ben Schultz <
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:

> Here's an issue I haven't seen on the list before.
>
> Last weekend, I was doing some routine cleaning and maintenance in
> preparation for our annual easter weekend overnight trip.  All was going
> fine, until I saw a female mallard hop aboard.  While it amused me for a
> second, I figured out what was up as soon as she disappeared.
>
> Under the starboard seats, she sat in the middle of my coiled anchor rode
> on
> somewhere between 6 and 10 eggs.  I stuck my face down there, and we sat
> looking at each other, eye to eye, and inches away.  She let me take some
> pics.  Here's one --
>
> http://theskinnyonbenny.com/img/duck.jpg
>
> I'm afraid that if I sail, she'll fly off, and then she won't know where to
> find her nest.  I'm thinking of trying to move the nest (and the crumbling
> Rubbermaid that it's in) onto the dock.  I've got a giant spatula that I
> use
> to flip crumbly fish on the grill.  Maybe I'll put it in a sideways box or
> something.  I figure she's stupid enough not to know the difference, and I
> don't think that it will be found by a neighborhood cat or nutria if I
> leave
> it pretty close to where the boat is tied.
>
> Anyone have different suggestions?  (Other than making her into a gumbo)
>
> Ben S.
> Velvet Elvis
>
>
>
>
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