[Rhodes22-list] My Rhodes pigeon coop....

[Christopher Greco]

Good for wasp controln. They are a pain
On Mar 21, 2014 11:17 AM, "Rick" <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Old fashioned moth balls keep everything out--birds, wasps, spiders.  As
> long as you don't mind being accused of being Swedish.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Chrissailorman
> <chrissailorman at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > I had just launched my Rhodes 22 in Mount Sinai harbor the day before and
> > tied up to a slip temporarily before moving to my mooring spot... Upon
> > boarding I thought I could hear pigeons... The sound was coming from the
> > rear of the boat... Seemingly from inside the lazarette...How could this
> > be? I opened the cover and almost fell over as two pigeons flew out!! Now
> > how in the world did they get in there? The next day when I returned to
> do
> > some more work on the boat...guess what? They were back! A mystery...but
> > easily solved. It turns out that the side pockets under the winches are
> > open to the bilge from the top, inside... Pigeons must have been
> attracted
> > to the pockets to roost...and somehow  they found their way into the
> bilge
> > and then to the lazarette.... All I can say is, it was a good thing it
> was
> > only one day between visits....or the mystery would have been....what is
> > that smell!   Solution? Cover or fill up those pockets or I'm gonna have
> > some dead pigeons aboard!
> >
> > Chris G.
> > 1986 Rhodes 22
> > Long Island, NY
> > Sent from my iPad
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