[Rhodes22-list] duck, duck. duck.... Re: Video: Storage Solutions

Sun Jul 3 08:56:44 EDT 2016

Great story. You've confirmed my suspicions - I figured the only way into
the lazrette is through the Gunwhale lockers, but the gap into the
lazarette seemed to small for a duck to get through.

No stopping a duck determined to lay an egg!

S/V Waif

~~~ _/) ~~~

Richard Beytagh
Phone: 828 337 0180

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 7:31 AM, Olivier Hecht <ohecht at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Too funny.  I did notice that opening as I was researching potential
> wiring routes, but didn’t think about ducks or other critters getting in
> there…
>
> > On Jul 2, 2016, at 11:04 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> >
> > Seems it is time for my duck story.
> > This dates back to our 2nd weekend on Fretless in a slip at Swan Creek
> Marina in Rock Hall, MD on the Eastern shore. We had previously dry-sailed
> the boat for a year an a half out of the Middle River on the western shore.
> >
> > The events in the story took place in 2000 (I think).
> > I wrote this in 2006 or 2007.
> >
> > Ok, here's my story.
> >
> > When we moved Fretless to the Eastern Shore 6 or 7 years ago, it was the
> first time we had kept the boat in a slip. We had made the commitment and
> were determined to get a lot of use out of the boat. We got her all settled
> in the slip one weekend and went away for the week. We came back the next
> weekend, planning to spend the weekend on the boat. We schlepped our stuff
> down the dock and stowed it all away, went off to have dinner at a
> restaurant in town, came back and sat out in the cockpit for a while.
> >
> > Some time later, we put up the poptop enclosure, made up the berth in
> the cabin and turned in. I heard noises like someone walking on deck. I
> told myself I was imagining things. I heard more noises. I nudged Fred
> awake (he's next to the companionway). He didn't hear anything (he's
> somewhat deaf). He looked out and didn't see anything. I went back to
> sleep. I heard the noise again. And again. I nudged Fred awake. This time
> he was nice enough to get up and take a look around. He didn't see
> anything. We went back to bed and to sleep.
> >
> > The next morning I fixed a nice breakfast and we are sitting in the
> cockpit with our orange juice and our mugs of tea sitting on the cockpit
> table. We heard a scrambling sound from the area of the lazarette. We
> looked at each other. We turned the table so that Fred can get to the
> lazarette. He cautiously opened the lid and let it fall right back down.
> "There's a duck in there!" "A duck?" "A duck!" We finished our breakfast
> contemplating how to get a duck out of the lazarette.
> >
> > We cleaned up breakfast and looked in the lazarette. The duck was in
> amongst various lines, pfds and the anchor looking rather frightened. We
> decided to leave the lid of the lazarette propped open to see if the duck
> would leave on its own. We propped the lid and left.
> >
> > We came back to the boat and the duck was gone having left us a duck egg
> as a present. No nest or crud, just the egg. Then we started to try to
> figure out how the duck got into the lazarette and we made a discovery
> about the boat that we had owned for 3 years. The underside of gunnels are
> open to the lazarette. Somehow the duck had figured out how to go under the
> bench seats and up under the gunnels into the lazarette.
> >
> > Having figured out how the duck got into the lazarette, we had to figure
> out how to keep the duck out of the lazarette. Off we  went to the hardware
> store to buy some screening and some ...(drum roll please) ..... duck
> tape.  Taped the screening over the openings and ended our duck problem.
> Can't say what happened to the egg.
> >
> > So that's the story. Olivr Hecht, the remains of that screenng and
> "duck" tape may still be keeping ducks out of your lazarette.
> >
> > Best wishes all.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> > formerly R22 Fretless
> > now Rosborough rf246  Tara
> > (in Oriental, NC, soon to be Rock Hall, MD)
> >
> >
> > At 08:03 PM 7/2/2016, you wrote:
> >> Love what you've done and am certainly going to use some of your
> ideas. Organizing the lazarette is especially challenging and I always end
> up with a mass of anchor rodes and chains all sitting in a puddle of dirty
> bilge water. I use a Magma Kettle BBQ a lot and finding a good storage
> arrangement for this in the Lazarette when it's not mounted on the transom
> is a my quest. Any ideas would be welcomed. I have a great mystery that I
> am still trying to figure out....last weekend I checked out my lazarette
> and discovered that a duck had made its nest on my anchor rode and laid a
> clutch of 12 eggs. The mystery is how did it get in there, I always keep my
> Lazarette shut and what to do with 12 fertilized duck eggs? Can you you
> imagine what my bilge would have smelled like if these had broken! Great
> video and thanks S/V Waif ~~~ _/) ~~~ Richard Beytagh Phone: 828 337 0180
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> wrote: > Graham & Olivier, > > I won’t be on the boat again until after the
> 4th.  I will try to remember > to take pictures and measurements then. > >
> Peter Nyberg > Coventry, CT > sv Silverheels (1988/2016) > > > > On Jul 1,
> 2016, at 11:19 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote: > > > >
> Peter: > > While you are at it regarding the strut on the lazarette cover,
> I would > be interested in knowing what was used for hinges. A close up
> picture would > be very helpful. > > Thanks for the video. > > Thanks, > >
> > > Graham Stewart > > Agile. R22, 1976 > > Kingston Ontario Canada > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:
> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On > Behalf Of Olivier Hecht > >
> Sent: July 1, 2016 10:19 PM > > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List > > Subject:
> Re: [Rhodes22-list] Video: Storage Solutions > > > > Hi Peter. Congrats on
> the launch and I hope you're all healed up. Your > videos have been great.
> > > > > I noticed the gas strut on the lazarette lid and I'd like to add
> one to > Fretless. Could you let me know the length and stroke of the strut
> and > share any close up photos of the mounting and/or part number? > > > >
> The worst part of having Fretless ready to launch but 50 miles from me > is
> little details like this I need to gather parts for all the little >
> projects like this... > > > > Olivier and Faith Hecht > > s/v Fretless > >
> on the Rappahanock > > > >
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