keeping birds off boat while on mooring

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keeping birds off boat while on mooring

Posted by Cindy on August 26, 2001 at 17:14:00:

We are the owners of "Knotty Cat" PDQ32 Hull#48 and she is moored just off of
Plum Island in Massachusetts. We are having a terrilbe time with the birds
making a mess all over the boat. Does anyone have a solution, we have tried
those balloons that have owl eyes but, they do not work. As we are not on a
slip, we are having to deal with an awful mess all the time

Would appreciate any help or suggestions.

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Re: keeping birds off boat while on mooring Martin 07:30:30 08/30/01 (0)
Re: keeping birds off boat while on mooring Dan Hofmann 11:28:32 08/29/01 (0)

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Re: keeping birds off boat while on mooring

Posted by Martin on August 30, 2001 at 07:30:00:
In Reply to: keeping birds off boat while on mooring posted by Cindy on August
26, 2001 at 17:14:00:

You might like to look look at the 'Jumpo'. Highly recommended by several people
on the 'Multihulls' list, and favorably reported on by 'Practical Sailor'

Here's a link:[/i]

http://www.lava.net/jumpo/
You can also find it, together with many other items of similar purpose, at:[/i]

http://www.biconet.com/birds/jumpo.html
Hope this helps.

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Re: keeping birds off boat while on mooring

Posted by Dan Hofmann on August 29, 2001 at 11:28:00:
In Reply to: keeping birds off boat while on mooring posted by Cindy on August
26, 2001 at 17:14:00:

Our marinia invisted in a recorded "message" that sounds like a sea gull being
strangled in several sea gull languages. IT WORKS. It cost a couple hundred 5
years ago and of course uses up some power. If you are interested, I can get you
some info.