Vermin trashed my boat.

[gf2020]

At the end of this season put mothballs in all of the compartments.

[taJon]

you must be furious! I would be. Good luck with the clean up, be careful I'm not sure if the sheit can carry disease or not but don't take any chances.

[pmueller]

Unfortunately your not the only person with this incident. A friend in Jersey had the same thing happen to him. All of the upholstery was ruined. Like yourself, he was p---ed off.
I have a few cats in my neiborhood that look at my boat with that envious eye.

[MrHunters]

you could buy your boat motor and trailer for 250 bucks, then the varmints move on to the next boat on the street... uncovered mine and it was just like i left her... old and weathered

[Van]

Originally Posted by gf2020

At the end of this season put mothballs in all of the compartments.

Really ??? That would be great, so its like a repellant? The only way they got in was from either side of the engine, easy to use it as a ladder. Maybe I only need to put mothballs in the splash well to gaurd the entrance. I think I will stretch some netting to cover the open spaces next to the power. and put mothballs in there too.
Is that a trick others have used? It won't attract other creatures will it? I know I won't have a moth problem !!!

Gonna hit the marine supply later today and see if I can get all the replacement parts. They never touched the fuel line or main electrical to the engine, so I can still run her and get her in the slip.

I hosed her down for 1/2 hour, I hope it rains heavy in the next two days to sanitize her (acid rain is GOOD)...
Then I can wash again, buff and wax, finish the repairs, touch up the bottom paint and I'm good to go.

[macojoe]

Never have heard of moth balls for raccoons?

But we use them in the camper to keep spiders and mice from going in there.
Use to get spiders in the hot water, and furnace, burner tube. Then it would never work, always had to clean then every spring.

NOW they stay clean with moth balls!