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Dave5041
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Initially Posted - 06/04/2009 :  20:06:21  Show Profile
When I took Pearl up to Erie, I came home with some particularly nasty bug bites after a couple of nights aboard. For our return this week, I had a plan. I bought a fogger, set it off, went to dinner, came back and opened the boat. We went grocery shopping and expected a blissful, bug free night. The plan was modified when we returned to put the groceries away - got a blissful and bug free night at a Fairfield Inn. We stayed for two nights. The smallest fogger I could find was for 5000 cu ft and I imagine that a C-25 is less than 500. A plan is not as good as a good plan. At least we were bug free for the rest of our stay aboard.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 06/04/2009 :  20:16:28  Show Profile
I've used one in our C-22, on the trailer in my driveway. Got rid of the wasps! I left it for 2 days before opening it up.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 06/04/2009 :  21:18:49  Show Profile
Regarding sleeping in a space you recently fogged (or with no-pest strips), remember that insecticides are very slow-acting <i>humanicides</i>. I'm sure the manufacturers would dispute that... but has anyone else noticed the unusual numbers of dogs that die early from cancer in neighborhoods where insecticides are regularly used on lawns? (They just won't pay attention to the little signs.) The number of humans (especially children) affected over the years is harder to determine, but <i>something</i> is doing it.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/05/2009 :  05:29:55  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Foggers[bombs] get on EVERYTHING. Everything you touch, where ever you sit, residual in the air you breathe, NO THANKS! Use some screens, close it up and have an a/c, it seems to me that Cedar wood repels a lot of bugs. There <i>are</i> other options. Because of our bug population and the summer heat here in Daytona there are some months of the year I just won't spend the night on the boat.
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 06/05/2009 :  06:27:08  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
This weekend we race in Lagoon City. Nicest Club on the lake, but with the highest concentration of Mozzies. We put an oil lamp on th eboat, and are burning citronella lamp oil. I'll let you know how that works out for us.

I still maintain that a light sheet which you can sleep under (including your head) is the best protection.

Also consider a mosquito bednet over the cabin/hatch.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 06/05/2009 :  12:24:21  Show Profile
We've used citronella candles w/ good success...on nights we'll sleep aboard, we burn one for a few hours while we are out to dinner(with the screen in the companionway)...OFF now has a new product available that is a repellent device which emits their product and you can wear/hang from your belt...or the chaise...seems it could be a good thing for overnights.
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