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04-09-2010, 18:35
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Ewwwwww ! Dead Rats ?
So just moments ago, I stepped aboard after a month away from the boat.... IT STUNK BAD! Smells like dead rats!
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Or..... That carton of eggs that I left on the shelf to rot 
That is all......
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04-09-2010, 18:46
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Chesapeake Bay
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Not sure which is worse!  Well, okay, rats are worse.
Make sure you don't leave a watermelon on the boat either. Just saying...
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04-09-2010, 20:23
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: between the devil and the deep blue sea
Boat: a sailing boat
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Rats ... remeber the story in Dashews' book ...
b.
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04-09-2010, 20:25
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Location: Anacortes, WA
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They die - They stink.
They rot - They stink.
Skeletons don't stink....
Unless it rains!
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04-09-2010, 21:16
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Smithfield Va.
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yecch..febreze...lots of it.
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04-09-2010, 21:44
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Oh I dont know what is worth, but I can garentee the smell of rotten potatos (the ones that have gone to liquid) will stick in you mund fore ever.
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04-09-2010, 21:57
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Location: Landlocked for now in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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No.... I have smelt all of those, the worst is a rancid grease trap at a resturaunt, come to work with an empty stomach, a strong gag reflex, and a smile (it helps stop you from gagging)! As for rats if you think you might have them I would set a trap or two so you don't have to search the boat looking for the body.
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04-09-2010, 22:12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorin
No.... I have smelt all of those, the worst is a rancid grease trap at a resturaunt, come to work with an empty stomach, a strong gag reflex, and a smile (it helps stop you from gagging)! As for rats if you think you might have them I would set a trap or two so you don't have to search the boat looking for the body.
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But there is no resturaunt grease trap on most boats.,,, then again I have seen some bilges that could be grease traps.
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05-09-2010, 06:17
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
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05-09-2010, 07:10
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Location: South coast of England, moving around a bit.
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Dead rats in an inaccessible part of the boat is the number one reason to set traps and never use poison. It's not happened to me but a friend told me about when they had three rats die on their boat. It would have been far simpler to do an internal refit.
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