I recently moved to bird city, which the locals know as Lake Macquarie.

I haven't yet needed to try BirdGard or any of the similar products. At the moment (crossing fingers), simple bird net over the boom is working for the seagulls. I don't have a windex, so the cockies find another mast to play on. For the cormorants sitting in the spreaders, I have put a couple of sail battens on a piece of string and raised on a halyard to just sit out and above the spreader and swings into the spreader space with the boat rocking or on the breeze. Seems to be working.

Some swinging CDs are improving my clean up by about 90% at present.

Craig66 said..

waikikin said..
Some swinging CDs are improving my clean up by about 90% at present.

You have to clean up after swingers ???

Only the C D 's.

lydia said..
Here is one that has worked for me at least in the cockpit and under sail if left on the boom.

Buy a pack of pool chlorine tablets
Put a tablet on a small bucket or container with holes in the sides.
Hang under the boom.
Pack away in later sealed bucket when on the boat.
No guarantees but some birds don't like the smell it seems

You're onto something there, when we paint any major part of our boat, the birds won't touch it for a few weeks.
Dad experimented with vixen in a container that would let the smell out but not the water in.
Seemed to work for a while but they got used to it

Make your boat less bird friendly than the boats around you.

Craig66 said..

warwickl said..
Make your boat less bird friendly than the boats around you.

@ Warwick, How does one do that ?

Throw food on the other boats... hot chips!