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termites on boats
I just read in another page someone saying "termites are land based and
not a problem on boats." Well, I have a 39ft fibreglass sail boat that has a collony living in the baffles in the watertank. appearently the baffles built by the first owner 20yrs back were constructed of plywood and glassed in. So now I'm in the process of cutting out 2 - 100 gal tanks but I'm looking for a way to fumigate the boat as well. BTW, I'm presently in the Rio Dulce in Guatamala , hence no local bug terminators here. Any sane suggustions would be apprieciated. |
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wrote in message oups.com... I just read in another page someone saying "termites are land based and not a problem on boats." Well, I have a 39ft fibreglass sail boat that has a collony living in the baffles in the watertank. appearently the baffles built by the first owner 20yrs back were constructed of plywood and glassed in. So now I'm in the process of cutting out 2 - 100 gal tanks but I'm looking for a way to fumigate the boat as well. BTW, I'm presently in the Rio Dulce in Guatamala , hence no local bug terminators here. Any sane suggustions would be apprieciated. Pour a bunch of alcohol into the tank and kill the termites. |
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thanks for the info, the bugs are living in the baffle and wood
surrounding the water tanks. I know I won't be using them for water again and will be purchacing a bladder and hard tank at some future port. Fortunatatly, I just got my water maker working so am looking at reducing the size of tanks anyway. I had 2 100gal tanks. I will see if I can find vicane locally. Thanks again Brad |
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termites on boats
120 degrees F for 30 minutes or 130 degrees for 5 minutes will kill
termites. Sam |
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