Whether you're the captain or the owner of a recreational trawler, sloop or competition catamaran, you take pride in your vessel and you want to keep it looking ship shape and clean. As the summer months approach, you'll want to be taking guest and friends out on harbor and ocean cruises, or perhaps a nice fishing outing. Everyone will be looking at your boat. You'll no doubt be serving food and drinks on your boat. All the more reason to invest in bird-proofing devices to keep it looking good for those excursions and for all those dockside parties you'll be having.
Problem: Birds love to hang around boats. As an experienced sailor/fisherman, you've tried to scare birds off your boat before. Last year, you tugged the stays and rattled the rigging, which scared off a few birds, but also caused an avalanche of dried bird poop to land on you and your deck. Not a good idea. The bird poop that didn't rain down on you jammed up the rigging, your rotating radar, lighting, even your anchor. In fact, bird droppings were everywhere last year—from stern to bow pulpit.
Cleaning the bird droppings off your boat is no picnic. Simple brushing won't get the stuff off; it usually takes a Brillo pad and some heavy duty scrubbing. And one thing you learned in the past: bird poop is dangerously slippery when wet.
The good news is you don't have to deal with pest birds, year after year. You can be proactive and implement some effective bird proofing measures. You can finally use the kind of bird deterrents the pros use to keep birds off their 100-footers. Set up these deterrents and pest birds will stay away from your boat and pester the other guy's boat.
Solution: Bird Control Spiders. These devices are compact, easy to place and easy to move. They feature wildly flailing arms that bounce and whip about in the breeze to intimidate pest birds and discourage them from landing. Best of all, you can set them up on decks, rooftops, and virtually any flat surface of your boat. They're also ideal for protection your boat covers and canvases. Bird spiders come in various sizes--including 2-, 4- and 8-foot diameter arm lengths to create ever widening diameters of protection. And spiders are proven effective against a wide variety of pest birds, including gulls, pigeons, cormorants, and raptors. They're also maintenance free.
The best bird control spiders feature a glue-on base, which allows them to be easily attached to most surfaces. Some spiders come with railing mounts for easy attachment to boat rails. Other attachments include a removable sand bag base that makes it easy to place them on boat canvas and Biminis. Additional boat bases allow you to mount spiders on masts and radar units. The good thing about bird spiders is that you can easily move them around to areas where large flocks of pest birds have become especially bothersome. The best bird spiders have a U.V.-protected polycarbonate base for lasting durability in seaside environs.
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