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Keeping Bugs Out of Your Boat
Keeping Bugs
Out of Your Boat
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Tips and useful information to avoid ants, spiders, cockroaches, no-see-ums, mosquitoes and other bugs on your cruising boat.

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How to Get Rid of Spiders on Boats

Published on November 8, 2014; last updated on January 24, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

How to get rid of spiders on a boat with no toxic chemicals and no need to be off the boat. Easy DIY solution that’s also safe for kids and pets. [More] How to Get Rid of Spiders on Boats

No-See-Um Screening for Boats

Published on September 15, 2014; last updated on January 21, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Bothered by no-see-ums? No-see-um screens will help (although they'll cut down on ventilation). Here's where to get the material.

Bothered by no-see-ums? No-see-um screens will help (although they’ll cut down on ventilation). Here’s where to get the material. [More] No-See-Um Screening for Boats

How NOT to Have Bugs on Your Boat

Published on June 3, 2014; last updated on January 21, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Make sure that bugs don’t see your galley as an all-you-can-eat buffet! [More] How NOT to Have Bugs on Your Boat

Manage Your Boat Trash to Avoid Bugs

Published on March 21, 2014; last updated on May 1, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Want a bug-free boat? Manage your trash so they don't see your boat as an all-you-can-eat buffet!

Want a bug-free boat? Manage your trash so they don’t see your boat as an all-you-can-eat buffet! [More] Manage Your Boat Trash to Avoid Bugs

DEET and Plastic Boat Equipment

Published on December 2, 2012; last updated on January 20, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

If you use bug spray that contains DEET, be careful where you spray it. DEET will melt many things, including plastics and the screens on boat electronics. [More] DEET and Plastic Boat Equipment

Bugs in the Flour on Your Boat

Published on October 22, 2012; last updated on January 20, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Here are step-by-step instructions on what to do to get rid of bugs in your flour . . . ignoring them only makes the problem worse!

Opening up a container of flour and discovering bugs is not fun. But you can’t ignore it. Here are step-by-step instructions on what to do to get rid of them. [More] Bugs in the Flour on Your Boat

Boat Problems Don’t Cure Themselves

Published on October 8, 2012; last updated on July 29, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Problems on a boat don’t cure themselves. Left to their own devices, they get worse. Sometimes a lot worse. Our strategy for cutting down on the work. [More] Boat Problems Don’t Cure Themselves

Rats! There’s a Mouse On My Boat!

Published on November 11, 2011; last updated on January 20, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Sometimes we get a VERY undesirable stowaway: a mouse or a rat. How do you get rid of it? What's best? What shouldn't you do? And what do you have to watch out for?

Sometimes we get a VERY undesirable stowaway: a mouse or a rat. How do you get rid of it? What’s best? What shouldn’t you do? And what do you have to watch out for? [More] Rats! There’s a Mouse On My Boat!

No-See-Um Repellant for Boaters

Published on September 30, 2011; last updated on March 20, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Fed up with no-see-ums? Can't find anything that works against them? Try making your own repellent -- and fight mosquitoes, fleas, ticks and other bugs, too!

Fed up with no-see-ums? Can’t find anything that works against them? Try making your own repellent — and fight mosquitoes, fleas, ticks and other bugs, too! [More] No-See-Um Repellant for Boaters

Don’t Let Bugs Into Your Boat’s Water Tank

Published on August 3, 2011; last updated on January 19, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

Installing a simple mesh screen on the air vent to your water tank can prevent a lot of problems when bugs want a drink.

Installing a simple mesh screen on the air vent to your water tank can prevent a lot of problems when bugs want a drink. [More] Don’t Let Bugs Into Your Boat’s Water Tank

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