I've got a spare rowing dingy - a Dyer Dhow - besides
my little, motorized, fiberglass dinghy which I use primarily
because it's so light (45 pounds). After removing the
little 2.5HP Suzuki motor, I can lift it by hand, flip it
upside down and stow it on the custom pushpit I made
and installed on the transom of my fine blue water cruising
yacht, "Cut the Mustard". It is generally ill-advised to tow
a dinghy whilst sailing offshore and sometimes in
anchorages that have a lot of current it's a pain in the
butt to tie a dinghy off the stern as it often ends up alongside
where it bumps and bangs when wind is against current.

But, when I go off cruising for a few days or a week or
a month, I come back to a real mess on the moored
Dhow (It also keeps assholes from picking up my
mooring when I'm away) as the cormorants just love
to swim up to it, hop aboard and sun themselves. And,
of course, they relieve themselves copiously to boot.
What a freaking smelly mess they make. And, it's
not just one or two. I've seen up to eight of them on
the dinghy at one time before I ran their smelly asses
off. But they are persistent and they soon come right
back.

Well, I showed them! I went to the hardware store and
bought three, 8-foot wooden slats that I cut up into 2-foot
sections for a total of 12 each, 2-foot slats. These I screwed
vertically and spaced evenly onto the outside of the hull
using SS Phillips head screws and SS finishing washers.
Then I got out some 20-lb nylon fishing line I have in stock
and used it to string four rows of line about four inches apart
from deck level and up.

No cormorants have gotten aboard since I completed
the project. No more cleaning out stinky, smelly fresh
and dried cormorant ****! Sometimes I'm so smart
I even manage to impress myself.

Photos to follow.

--
Sir Gregory

On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:24:36 -0400, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:

No cormorants have gotten aboard since I completed
the project. No more cleaning out stinky, smelly fresh
and dried cormorant ****!

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There are those who say that you don't know ****, but clearly they are
wrong.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:24:36 -0400, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:

No cormorants have gotten aboard since I completed
the project. No more cleaning out stinky, smelly fresh
and dried cormorant ****!

There are those who say that you don't know ****, but clearly
they are wrong.


That I know Bruce at the Bangkok Dock clearly demonstrates
the veracity of your statement, sir!

--
Sir Gregory

" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote in message
...


Photos to follow.

--
Sir Gregory




I'm still waiting for the photos...

L8R

Skip, on the very last steps of putting netting around the boat, the better
to keep grandchildren aboard...

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- Dr. Samuel Johnson

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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Photos to follow.

--
Sir Gregory


I'm still waiting for the photos...

Oops! I forgot. Here is a photo. I tried my best to take it with the sunlight
reflecting off the fishing line but it just doesn't show in the picture at
all.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sir_gregory/10059668105/

So you'll just have to imagine four horizontal rows of fishing line
as if it were lifelines on a sailboat. It's been months since I put
it on and not one cormorant has boarded the dinghy in that time.

The rows of fishing line are about four inches apart.


--
Sir Gregory

Thanks :{))

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Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog
and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog

When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.
- Dr. Samuel Johnson
" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote in message
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"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote in message
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Photos to follow.

--
Sir Gregory


I'm still waiting for the photos...

Oops! I forgot. Here is a photo. I tried my best to take it with the
sunlight
reflecting off the fishing line but it just doesn't show in the picture at
all.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sir_gregory/10059668105/

So you'll just have to imagine four horizontal rows of fishing line
as if it were lifelines on a sailboat. It's been months since I put
it on and not one cormorant has boarded the dinghy in that time.

The rows of fishing line are about four inches apart.


--
Sir Gregory

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:24:36 PM UTC-5, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq� wrote:
I've got a spare rowing dingy - a Dyer Dhow - besides

my little, motorized, fiberglass dinghy which I use primarily

because it's so light (45 pounds). After removing the

little 2.5HP Suzuki motor, I can lift it by hand, flip it

upside down and stow it on the custom pushpit I made

and installed on the transom of my fine blue water cruising

yacht, "Cut the Mustard". It is generally ill-advised to tow

a dinghy whilst sailing offshore and sometimes in

anchorages that have a lot of current it's a pain in the

butt to tie a dinghy off the stern as it often ends up alongside

where it bumps and bangs when wind is against current.



But, when I go off cruising for a few days or a week or

a month, I come back to a real mess on the moored

Dhow (It also keeps assholes from picking up my

mooring when I'm away) as the cormorants just love

to swim up to it, hop aboard and sun themselves. And,

of course, they relieve themselves copiously to boot.

What a freaking smelly mess they make. And, it's

not just one or two. I've seen up to eight of them on

the dinghy at one time before I ran their smelly asses

off. But they are persistent and they soon come right

back.



Well, I showed them! I went to the hardware store and

bought three, 8-foot wooden slats that I cut up into 2-foot

sections for a total of 12 each, 2-foot slats. These I screwed

vertically and spaced evenly onto the outside of the hull

using SS Phillips head screws and SS finishing washers.

Then I got out some 20-lb nylon fishing line I have in stock

and used it to string four rows of line about four inches apart

from deck level and up.



No cormorants have gotten aboard since I completed

the project. No more cleaning out stinky, smelly fresh

and dried cormorant ****! Sometimes I'm so smart

I even manage to impress myself.



Photos to follow.



--

Sir Gregory

i used that method 30 yrs ago

"roger" wrote in message
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On Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:24:36 PM UTC-5, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq�
wrote:

I've got a spare rowing dingy - a Dyer Dhow - besides

...

I even manage to impress myself.

i used that method 30 yrs ago

Proof?

On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:58:37 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:

"roger" wrote in message
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On Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:24:36 PM UTC-5, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq�
wrote:

I've got a spare rowing dingy - a Dyer Dhow - besides

...

I even manage to impress myself.

i used that method 30 yrs ago

Proof?


Capt. Neil, your vaunted discovery of how to keep birds off your boat
is not new at all. I read a similar description in a book written in
1920-something (before you were born) entitled something like
"Sailing". BoatUS even has an article titled "If Bird Brains are so
Tiny, Then Why is it that We Humans Have So Much Trouble Outwitting
Them?" (which says something about someone who would make such a big
issue about keeping birds away) describing a multitude of schemes.

Capt. Neil's brag for the day, "I outwitted a bird!" What's next?
Neil's scheme for outwitting a barnacle?
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Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok