Bird Repellents
With a grotesque gulp of cormorants wreaking havoc on his classic boat, our Senior Managing Editor looks for a way to deter them … permanently.
Sweat poured into my eyes and onto the lenses of my sunglasses as I crawled on all fours scrubbing—with reckless abandon—my crap-covered topsides. My finely dressed dockmates, on their way to an early dinner at the yacht club, looked on aghast as I cursed and mumbled under my breath.
Let me explain; despite hanging a number of bird deterrents around my boat, I had to leave my mooring and tie up to the fuel dock for the second time inside of a week to clean my boat from the winged devil’s (cormorant’s) excrement. I promised myself (read: yelled aloud for all to hear) that there would not be a third time; I made my way to West Marine (www.westmarine.com), filled my cart with every bird repellent in the store, and swiped my card. After several trials and a healthy dose of tribulation, here is a breakdown of what I found that worked and what didn’t.
My Ratings
This article originally appeared in the February 2016 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.
