Thanks for all the suggestions. I am on a mooring so no dock. The spiders come out at night and hide in the canvas work and anywhere else that is dark during the day. Right now that means the sail cover, the dodger, the bimini... and the pedestal. which is why I'm worried about the cover. I do like the looks of the sailrite DIY kit though. I'm fastidious about clearing away any cobwebs whenever I get to the boat, I have a little mini-broom just for spiders and spider webs. I kill or throw overboard whatever I can find. They never really seem to go in the cabin so that's at least something. I have tried that spider spray from the chandlery and it works, but it's temporary. I'll give some of your suggestions a try, it's probably going to end up being a combo of chemical warfare and discipline. Spiders suck for a number of reasons, they are messy sure but what really sucks is bringing friends out on the boat and then having them be uncomfortable the entire time because they saw a spider or six. I take a lot of my girlfriend's friends sailing. A lot of the twenty-somethings that come out seem to have only ever seen spiders like mine on the internet :/
Bar Keepers Friend is good at cleaning spider shit and spider guts, just FYI. It's good for cleaning the entire boat for that matter but I think most of you know this. Steve C&C 32 Toronto On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I used to have a spider problem, as do many of the folks on my dock at the > club where I keep the boat. I have spent considerable time on moorings or > at anchor, and can’t really say I have ever had a problem – though the > little buggers do seem to be able to “fly” out to the boat on the wind and > a thread of silk and I still had the occasional spider even when away from > the dock.**** > > ** ** > > Now I say “used” to have a problem. Several of us have done two things to > eliminate it.**** > > ** ** > > First, the spiders are there so they can eat the other bugs. Hence all the > webs in the morning. (As someone already commented, you probably won’t get > any spiders under your pedestal cover because there is no food there.) The > clue for us was that the webs on the docks and the boats were densest every > morning in the vicinity of the dock lighting. Light draws bugs. Bugs draw > spiders. (and spiders draw birds that sit on the lifelines and boom, and > poop all over the deck)**** > > ** ** > > Several of us replaced the bulbs in the dock lighting with low wattage > yellow bug lights. Something like 10 watt night light bulbs. The number of > spiders and webs greatly reduced – or maybe just moved to be adjacent to > OPBs.**** > > ** ** > > Secondly, to take care of the remaining spiders several of us use a > bugspray called “BugOff” that we purchase at Lowes. It comes in a gallon > (or maybe 2 gallon) bottle with a pump and spray nozzle, and boy does it > work well. We spray the dock, docklines, and pilings, and the area of the > boat where the spiders build webs. A couple of applications and no spiders > for 2 or 3 months. Repeat as required.**** > > ** ** > > Hope this helps with your problem.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Rick Brass**** > > Washington, NC**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Stevan > Plavsa > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:39 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Leather Wheel cover treatment?**** > > ** ** > > At my club we have a tremendous problem with spiders. I'm on a mooring and > the boat is COVERED in them. I looked at the binnacle cover kit from > sailrite and while it looks like a good solution to keeping the wheel in > nice shape it will most certainly become a favourite refuge for the > spiders. **** > > ** ** > > Anyone else have a spider problem? I'm talking hundreds of them, every > time I visit the boat. **** > > ** ** > > Steve C&C 32**** > > Toronto**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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