[Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes

[Hank]

I had a similar problem on a previous boat and I voted with Lee.  Duck,
eggs, and nest were chucked overboard and we went sailing.  Ducks are not in
short supply and there was sailing to be done.  A few eggs less can be
chalked up to predators (me)!

Hank

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Ben Schultz <
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:

> Man, the ducks have some serious pull on this list!  Were did we send all
> of
> those opinionated Republicans?  They'll take boat over nature :)
>
> Mary Lou -- thanks for reposting your story.  I do remember seeing it now
> --
> quite funny.
>
> Rick -- no chance I'm moving the anchor rode to the locker.  It's easier to
> deploy from the cockpit, easier to retrieve, and easier to wash out all of
> the mud that comes up with the anchor.
>
> It's supposed to rain Saturday night, so maybe I'll get lucky and get some
> hatchlings by Sunday morning.  There's definitely got to be a process to
> handle them, because they aren't going to be able to climb up from the
> cockpit floor without some help.  (See?  I told you ducks are stupid).
>
> I'll definitely have to do something so that she finds a new place to lay
> eggs next spring.  There are two others (that I know of) in the bushes
> right
> up from our pier.  Good nesting ground might be hard for them to come by.
> Screen + tape is probably the easy way to do it.
>
> I'll keep you posted.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Rick
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:10 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Storage on old Rhodes
>
>  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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