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What is the strangest creature you have ever encountered aboard a boat?
Read more about Jeff and Jean Grossman’s entertaining stories and practical advice for dealing with mosquitoes, rodents, bugs, reptiles, and wildlife while cruising.
https://americansailing.com/articles/vermin-bugs-wildlife-abroad-oh-my
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Vermin & Bugs & Wildlife Aboard, Oh My!
From mosquito swarms and stowaway rodents to curious wildlife, learn how experienced cruisers handle nature’s unexpected visitors.
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Bees. Massive hive of bees took to liking our gaff mains’l. They didn’t bother us other than they were up there, just clinging to the sailcloth deep in the camber of the sail. We tried hosing them off, but they must’ve just figured it was raining because they didn’t go anywhere. They stayed there for hours. I figured someone must’ve spilled something like a soft drink on there at one point and one of the bees caught wind of it and invited his entire hive over for a sugar buzz. Took a few hours of sailing around with them up there before they headed off.
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