[C320-list] Bent wind instrument

[Troy Dunn]

Guy-

We found a "stowaway" in our propane locker Monday night.   At first we
thought it was the same stowaway that we had on our dinghy but based on
your input perhaps we had more than one.   Kim was pretty excited to have
him aboard as she is the resident mosquito magnet; I think she was hoping
to see a decrease in bug bites.    If they take up residence maybe we'll
see a drop in little green spots all over the boat (especially under the
dodger and bimini...the spiders really like to hang out under the zipper
storm flaps.

T

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:20 AM Guy Smith <smitski2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey Troy!
> After anchoring up with you and Kim on Saturday night behind Heart-Miller
> and then anchoring in Still Pond on Sunday night,I attracted enough spiders
> up to the mast head around the Anchor light that the wind speed cups are
> "tied up" with spider webbing!I've had this happen before and the cups will
> clear eventually with enough wind. Not sure they will work optimally with
> all the treads up there though. I'll have to get up there and clear it at
> some point.Has anyone else had problems with spider webbing interfering
> with mast head equipment?If so, what can be done to get rid of the little
> buggers?I guess I'll spray a bug killer into all the crevices I see up
> there, but i'm sure new ones will find there way back.
> ~g
> p.s. Word of warning: When anchoring near Heart-Miller Island, expect a
> lot of stowaways!Lots of little green frogs! Kinda fun to see at first
> except you cant get rid of them. Chuck em as far as you canthrow and they
> swim right back again...Now if I can only get them to climb the mast to eat
> the spiders up there.... :)
> Guy and Liz Smithsv Pleiades '97 C320 #452Woreton Creek, MD
>
>  On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 9:10:10 AM EDT, Troy Dunn <
> troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
> Our wind instrument has been misbehaving the last few weeks.    Turns
> out...our wind instrument is bent about 20 degrees to port.  I say bent as
> the strut is pointing that way and I can't think of a way it would have
> rotated into that position (maybe a loose set screw?).  I have a suspicion
> that the resident osprey who has a habit of sitting on mast heads could be
> to blame or perhaps one of the many bald eagles that seem to be spending
> more and more time in the marina of late.  Tomorrow I'll move the boat
> over to the lift area and "the guy" will get up in the bucket to see what
> is actually going on up there.  Good news is...I'll install a new LED
> anchor light and a new deck light (it stopped working last month).
>
> Has anyone else experienced bird damage like this?  Is there another way
> to end up with this problem?  Grrrrr….
>
> Troy Dunn
> S/V Wonky Dog
> Hull #514
>