OK, the timing is bad, but this is NOT an April Fools thing (I only wish)...
What's the strangest thing(s) you've ever found in your sail box?
This past weekend, I was taking out my sails to see how they look for the season. The boat hasn't left the yard since the H16 NAs in 2006 (due to new baby), and has been parked under oak trees (except when in the front yard covered in Christmas lights).
Anyway, I got to my spare (old BRU Cat) sails, and the main was completely infested with black (Carpenter?) ants. Not wanting to use bug spray for fear that it would eat through the sail, I spent a good half hour with a shop vac getting rid of them.
I emptied the whole box, but there weren't any ants anywhere else. The new sail bag is zippered, maybe that kept them out?
Anyway, I'm assuming they didn't damage the sail, because I didn't see any holes or anything. Very creepy though...
Mike
Those aren't necessarily carpenter ants. When I bought my used monohull and removed the rub rail, it was completely infested with those little blank ants.
My RV also had a similar issue but I quickly identified a squished jelly pack in one of the utensil draws, removed and cleaned that drawer thoroughly, and just before I put down ant killer, they completely disappeared.
Make sure there's not a left-over snack bar in the box or something.
