Posted by cdnwhaler on 03/06/07 - 1:39 PM
#39
Dave,
I'm unsure of the product names but I buy the best name brand bug spray I can for the boys. I only use the burning coils on board, not because I like them but because they're readily available. What ever you use remember it's not just the mosquitoes but the black flies as well. Bring thick socks and spray from the knee down heavily. The flies like our feet and ankles.
Mills canvas is wonderfully weather proof but not bug proof. A long time Whaler owner and long time frequenter of the the North Channel gave me this tip which has proven excellent.
Buy some cheese cloth and cut it into strips, then spray it liberally with whatever bug juice you have. Then stuff it everywhere you see daylight especially in the area where the forward shelter quite often isn't tight to the gunwale. This has proven very effective for us.
In the morning I wrap the cheese cloth up and store it in a tupperware type container for the next night.
And don't wait for dusk to button up. By then you're too late.
Peter
Edited by cdnwhaler on 03/06/07 - 1:42 PM