Haven't had any spider problems YET, but sure can sympathize with you. I had my
P19 in the barn with a tarp draped low over it and the pigeons "had a party"
this winter. The doo covered the left rear quarter and was particularly heavy
on the OWL statue I had placed there to deter them. The stains were hard to get
off. They also built a nest in my chain locker. Then I parked it out in the
field for a week and the birds took turns dropping on it from above. So I
figured when I took it to the lake and tied it up at a slip it would be okay.
Didn't have any bird problems last summer. Wrong, Purple stains galore after 1
week. Don't know any answer other than to scrub and swear.
Ted
Fauver, James wrote:
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> Webgang,
>
> I know that very few of you keep your boat in the water full time, but
> maybe someone has experience with this problem anyway.
>
> Every time I go to my boat, there are a whole bunch of new brown stains
> on the deck. These stains, as far as I can tell, are from spiders
> catching, consuming, and then "expelling" bugs. Each time I sail or
> visit the boat, I painstakingly remove all the webs, kill as many as I
> can find, then scrub the heck out of the deck. The problem is, each
> time there are a few "new" stains that do NOT come out. At this rate,
> in a few years, I will have one of those fancy tan (brown) decks that
> some people pay extra for ;->
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on:
> 1. Keeping the spiders off MY boat (I cannot rid my neighbors boats of
> their spiders)?
> 2. Cleaning those brown spots they have already left behind?
>
> I searched the web, and alt.cruising, and the best suggestion found
> there was to keep a tree frog on the boat! They did not say HOW they
> kept their frogs, but I am pretty sure they didn't like being on a leash
> <G>.
>
> Any and all suggestions welcome.
>
> James Fauver
> P19 Southern Star
> Lake Conroe, Texas