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

[Rick]

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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