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Apologies for double posting because I posted this in scuttlebutt also but.....

I am about to festoon my masthead with spikes made out of old spokes to deter Cormorants & other birds from landing & damaging my masthead light or just fouling the decks & wondered if anyone has come up with a simpler more effective solution?
 
Nicholas123 said:
Apologies for double posting because I posted this in scuttlebutt also but.....

I am about to festoon my masthead with spikes made out of old spokes to deter Cormorants & other birds from landing & damaging my masthead light or just fouling the decks & wondered if anyone has come up with a simpler more effective solution?
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VHF Antenna, Sea-Me and Wind instruments seem to stop them landing on the masthead. It's the spreaders and the boom that attract them on mine! I have had some success putting a spare bit of line from the shroud, to the backstay and then back to the other shroud. Use rolling hitches to ensure it doesn't slip down the rigging.

Basically, the theory is that they won't go to places where they may catch their wings on things.

By the way, I'm a bit surprised you're getting cormorants - sea-gulls are more usual in rigging. Cormorants aren't great fliers, and tend to hang our on rocks, sitting with their wings held out to dry.
 
AntarcticPilot said:
VHF Antenna, Sea-Me and Wind instruments seem to stop them landing on the masthead.
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Not round my way! I've just seen that my wind vane on the VHF Antenna has been broken off :mad:

Cormorants aren't great fliers, and tend to hang our on rocks, sitting with their wings held out to dry.
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True, but they use the masthead as a lookout perch when fishing.
 
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