[C320-list] Bird Problem

[Warren Updike]

A previous  C320 owner, still lurking on this list, lives on Kent Is (you know how you are MM,) and keeps his boat at home also has a serious bird problem at times. He found an electric device that periodically makes a loud screeching noise. He has said that it is not perfect but is more effective than anything else he has tried. Perhaps, he will see this and provide the details.

Warren and Pattie Updike
1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Osburn [mailto:tosburn1958 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 3:28 PM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Bird Problem

I have a major bird problem on my boat.  The last two weekends, I had to
haul buckets of water on deck ( because the marina water is turned off for
the winter ) and scrub the decks to get the bird guano off. We're not
talking about one or two unsightly little messes here.  We're talking about
my boat looking like the Galapagos Islands.  Apparently, every migratory
bird in North America on their way to their Florida condo's has stopped in
and left the calling card on my decks.

Last weekend, I bought one of those stupid plastic owls and strung it up
with the main halyard and tied it off so it was in the middle of the
mainsail triangle area.  It made no difference and in fact, the boat looked
worse this weekend then last weekend.

Short of opening up a guano factory and selling the stuff on eBay, does
anyone have any ideas getting rid of these damn things?  Thanks.

BTW - the boat is on Kent Island in the the Chesapeake.