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05-07-2006, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Vermin trashed my boat.
I finally uncovered today and could not believe my eyes the boat looked as if it had been uncovered for years. There was dirt everywhere, I could not figure out what was going on. Hopped in there and found the answear. Looks like racoons made a home of my baby over the winter. There was SHEIT everywhere ! Footprints everywhere! Scratches everywhere! and did I mention SHEIT everywhere.
Looking around more I see they had chewed all the rubber switch covers and breaker covers. Those bastidages even ate the rubber ends on my boat hook. They chewed the GPS and FF connectors, but luckily no damage, just teeth marks. Oh did i mention there was SHEIT everywhere !! They also ate some of the bubble wrap I used to keep the cover from rippping over sharp parts. They walked over every inch of that boat leaving SHEIT everywhere....
They got into a storage locker (I left the door open) and ate styrofoam bobbers, paperwork, and a sharpie marker, (luckily it did not spill black ink everywhere.) Took one pic of that mess. Thankfully the cabin door was closed, or they would have eaten all the bumpers, jackets, and whatever else they could get their slimy claws on. Plus there would have been SHEIT in there too.
All I can say is: ITS ALWAYS SOMETHING !
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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05-07-2006, 04:07 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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that sucks!! good thing they didn't get inside  |
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05-07-2006, 04:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Whitman,Ma.
Posts: 4,263
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Van that sucks BIGTIME...Hope they died from all that stuff they ate..  |
I'm going where I'm going... 
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05-07-2006, 04:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Fall River Mass
Posts: 238
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I have seen this to many times, thos little bastards are smart, and persistant.
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05-07-2006, 05:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: south shore , ma
Posts: 669
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sorry to hear about the bad luck , time to break out the 22 , i hear they taste like piping plover , i mean chicken |
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05-07-2006, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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sounds odd to me
only that : porcupines are known to chew rubber not racoons...
but i guess... and sorry that happened to ya Van  |
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05-07-2006, 06:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,687
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That sucks Van!!!
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LETS GO BRANDON
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05-07-2006, 06:47 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Could have been worse Van....there could have been Sheit everywhere! 
Sorry to hear of your trouble....I hope "MY" drink holder is ok? |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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05-07-2006, 07:41 PM
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Professional dumba$$
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: New Bedford Ma
Posts: 541
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Guy nest to me in the marina had racoons, ripped up every seat and made one heck of a mess. I was working on my boat when animal control came. He left the cabin closed so he got lucky there. To my surprise there was not crap all over the place.
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05-08-2006, 04:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: North of Boston
Posts: 444
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At the end of this season put mothballs in all of the compartments.
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05-08-2006, 06:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 1,160
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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.
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05-08-2006, 07:13 PM
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Captain Pete
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CT
Posts: 936
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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.
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05-09-2006, 06:50 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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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  |
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05-09-2006, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by gf2020
At the end of this season put mothballs in all of the compartments.
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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. |
~..~..~.. ><((((º>
Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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05-09-2006, 07:45 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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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!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS 
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05-09-2006, 10:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: weymouth
Posts: 1,360
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thats sucks
Sorry to hear that Van.
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thats why they call it fishing not catching
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05-09-2006, 02:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Boston
Posts: 59
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Sorry to hear that Van. I know mothballs work for squirrells maybe coons also. I'll trade your problem for mine-- my boat sunk and now I am in insurance hell! I am hoping to get some news this week. Good luck with the cleanup.
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05-09-2006, 02:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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Good news Van!
Tell the wife, THATS IT! we have to get a new boat! I refuse to own a boat that vermin have made their nest in...it is just not healthy for us...I have to think of the family. Then propose a few alternatives.  |
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05-09-2006, 06:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: cape cod when my meds r workin right
Posts: 1,412
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sorry too hear that.. hard enouph to keep up w/ your rig w/o them r-coons..f----en verman...
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05-09-2006, 06:44 PM
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zoom
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
Tell the wife, THATS IT! we have to get a new boat! I refuse to own a boat that vermin have made their nest in...it is just not healthy for us...I have to think of the family. Then propose a few alternatives. |
NOW THAT I LIKE !!!!!
MY BOAT HAS BEEN VIOLATED  AND WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. WE NEED A NICE NEW CLEAN ONE AND SUPERSIZED TOO !!!!!!  |
~..~..~.. ><((((º>
Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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05-09-2006, 09:19 PM
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Take a Kid Fishing
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 681
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My friend was not so luckey....
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