Quagga Mussel - Check Clean Dry?

At Datchet you were meant to roll,your as yet unrigged boat downt to the wash station on its launching trolley, then on round to the car park to pack up.  Didn't affect me as my boat didn't make it as far as the water.  I would guess Oxford will be the same

So what happened at Datchet this weekend?

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.

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.

Originally posted by piglet 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.

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.