Messy otters!

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ferret30

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Our boat is moored near the Ballard Locks, and recently while installing shore power I saw an otter climb up onto the dock, walk all the way down to the end, and then plop back into the water.

The last 2 times I've taken the boat out there's been a big mess of crap on the edge of the dock and on my starboard lazarette. Using the power of the internets, I identified it as otter crap (it's dry and has a lot of crab shell parts in it). It's really making a mess of the old lazarette hatches (which I'm replacing soon) and staining plastic green and red.

I think it's cool that there's otter(s) hanging around, and I like wildlife, but I'd prefer to avoid having to clean the boat every time I use it. Any ideas for discouraging otter visits?

Also, what do people keep around the dock for periodic cleanup? Scrub brush on a pole, tub of water, dawn soap and a coiling hose with a sprayer?
 
Ok from far left field I have a idea. We had a mole problem a few years ago and mice problem just this month. In both cases the winner in rodent discourgement has been sonic devices. I know I did not beleive in them either and called them gimicks. But after trying everything else, traps, poison, drowning. I figured what the hell I will give the gimick a try. Both times it has worked out great. With in a few days the moles were gone never to return ( 5 years). The mice, and any sign of them, have not been seen since I installed sonic devices in the house and the garage. Its that or the sight of Susan beating the last mouse to death in the drive way with a chuck of 2x4 got to them :shock:

point is give it a try and see what happens.
 
ok i thought my idea was out there, but after the otter butt brush my ideas look main stream. I just have the vision of walking down the dock in the morning to find a otter on a stick :crook
 
ok so the answer to fast moving boats driven my oblivious drivers is to foul their prop and rudder?? first time that thing is used I would own the UW and who ever fired it. Are you kidding me.
 
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ok so the answer to fast moving boats driven my oblivious drivers is to foul their prop and rudder?? first time that thing is used I would own the UW and who ever fired it. Are you kidding me.
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Fairly certain all their products are a joke. From the main product page:

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so they were kidding. you have to wander when you see a larger version be used on whale wars by morons. ( yeah I love whales too but they are still morons and dangerous ones at that) but thats enough of me high jacking this thread.
 
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