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Time Lord 
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Joined: 03 Dec 13 Location: Warwickshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 301 |
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 Topic: Quagga Mussel - Check Clean Dry?Posted: 10 Nov 14 at 5:49pm |
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And who cleans off the feet of seagulls and cormorants that pick up the larvae to transport to wherever they fly?
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Rupert
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Posted: 10 Nov 14 at 8:53pm |
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Well paid job, that - seagull feet cleaner. And just like any other job, you get shat on from above.
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piglet
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Posted: 07 Dec 14 at 9:38pm |
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Just come from Grafham, I was very thorough, lifted the hull and hosed the Astroturf and everything.
But what about trollies with tubes that fill up, outboards, flooding rib hulls, flooding gunwales, inside centreboard cases etc. etc. Are we just prolonging the inevitable? What do Quagga mussels taste like with white wine & cream? (&frites) |
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patj
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Posted: 08 Dec 14 at 7:38pm |
If you didn't hose inside the centreboard case you weren't so thorough! Most people don't wash down if they aren't travelling, unless it's sea sailing when the corrosive salt needs removing. Those visiting with their boats tend to wash more thoroughly I've noticed. Also we often pressure wash at home before travelling - no wash facilities at the local club. |
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winging it
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Posted: 12 Dec 14 at 9:12pm |
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So what if you think you're going to do the Brass Monkey on the 27th, and the Grafham Grand Prix on the 28th? No room there for a 48 hour drying period.
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the same, but different...
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Time Lord
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Posted: 12 Dec 14 at 10:16pm |
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If I recall correctly, Grafham has Zebra mussels and killer shrimps while the quagga mussel has so far only been found in Wraysbury and Queen Mother reservoirs.
Not aware that zebra mussels have spread outside of Grafham as yet. |
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RichTea
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Posted: 13 Dec 14 at 11:31am |
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Datchet has the wash station this weekend.
If it's all TW reservoirs, then the BM at QMSC is going to be fun getting in/ out
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Posted: 13 Dec 14 at 11:34am |
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Hate to say it, but if you were serious about minimising the risk of spreading the Quagga, you'd cancel the BM. Or have dedicated trained washers to spray down your boat.
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winging it
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Posted: 14 Dec 14 at 7:20am |
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It looks like the ggp may get postponed because of the launching. I guess that would alleviate my issue. I agree, wash down will make the BM even harder. Grafham has the space for a fast and easy wash down - Shrimp alley - but QM does not.
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RichTea
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Posted: 14 Dec 14 at 8:05pm |
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So what happened at Datchet this weekend?
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