Keeping Seagulls of the boat

[Chelsea]

I am on a swing mooring and have had problems with seagulls and other sea birds roosting on the boat, leaving bird droppings all over, what a mess!. I have tried various solutions without success. Recently I purchase a "hawk bird scarer" which is a plastic replica of an attacking Goshawk. I suspend it between the mast and backstay, the effect has been fantastic, an almost totally clean boat from bird droppings. If you have this problem try this it works.

[sailingdog]

Another thing to do is tie thin fishing line about three-to-four inches above the spreaders. It helps prevent the birds from roosting on them.

[ceberon]

A couple plastic snakes positioned on the deck helped my father-in-law, he said the birds became too used to the owls that everyone else was using. Snakes keep his boat pretty clean.

[Faster]

A couple of weeks ago a seagull must have landed on our masthead, beside/under the windex tab. It pushed the tab up which then jammed the windex. After fixing it, someone came by and suggested a circular wire bale on the post of the windex would keep birds off the masthead. Haven't tried it yet but may give it a go.