Best protection I have found so far for the top of my mast is my club burgee on a pig-stick!
A fellow club member "invented" a deterrent consisting of a solid foam ball into which are inserted long, stiff wires. When hoisted up the mast, the wires point upwards and prevent the darned cormorants getting near the top of the mast -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT On Aug 18, 2013, at 8:58, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Once had a cormorant use my mast top for a perch at dusk. > I rigged a water hose with a nozzle set for a fine spray, hoisted it to the > mast head w a halyard and turned on the water at the dock when he landed. It > took several evenings to persuade him to find another perch. If you're on a > mooring, a washdown system could be rigged to spray the bird, maybe? > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > From: "Robert Abbott" <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 10:15:50 PM > Subject: Stus-List Why your wind instrument may be broken > > Hmmm, maybe if it is a .22 caliper ......no, better judgement says you > and a buddy winch me up my mast! > > Bob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > > On 2013/08/17 10:50 PM, Knowles Rich wrote: > > Wanna borrow my gun? > > > > Rich Knowles > > Indigo. LF38 > > Halifax > > > > On 2013-08-17, at 22:36, Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > > > Dennis: > > > > Every year around this time, there is an osprey that sits on the mast heads > > around here.....what happens on mine is that it sits on one of my windex > > arms, and when he pushes off to take flight, he moves the 'arm', some > > degrees to port or starboard. I have come to accept this aggravation as > > part of the overall sailing experience. However, I don't rest until I get > > up the mast to make things right again. Don't know why, you really only > > need wind indicator and not the 'arms' set at , say 90 degrees. > > > > Tell tales on the sail(s) are even more responsive. > > > > Bob Abbott > > AZURA > > C&C 32 -84 > > Halifax, N.S. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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