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I saw an entire herd of wildabeasts charging through my V21 last week.
I stood there and said " you gotta be kidding me ".......... Checking for damage after the stampede, it was just dirty. Termite solutions: 1. pesticide in spray bottle 2. torch the entire boat 3. submerge the entire boat long enough to drown them out 4. none of the above Sorry about that -- that's sad to read. Wood and boats, not good. 
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09-12-2012, 12:54 PM
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I just want to say, I'll have whatever BGreen is having!
Sorry about the termites. Only other time I've heard of this is over ClassicMako.com. Think that guy was trying to part out the boat last I heard.....
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09-12-2012, 03:38 PM
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To kill the termites.. Open all doors and hatches on your boat. Tent the entire boat... (top, bottom, sides, etc) so that it is as near to airtight as possible. Leave an access port that you can get into and then seal after you leave. Go to an old fashioned hardware store or greenhouse supply company and buy a sulpher bug bomb/insecticide fogger. (The kind you light, not the areosol kind). Take a pie pan and fill the bottom with sand, place the bug bomb on the sand, place the plate on your boats cockpit deck, hold your breath, light the bomb, get out of the boat fast, seal the open port and go have a beer (or more). Come back no less than 10 hours later. Open the port, let the boat air out of the fumes. Untent the boat. All your termites will be dead. You may have to do this a few times a week apart because of termite eggs, but it will kill anything living in your boat... guarenteed. Don't play around with this, the sulpher fumes are deadly to any living thing, insects included. This is how greenhouses get rid of aphids, fungus gnats, mites, whiteflies and other bugs that are eating/killing the plants and flowers they grow. It WILL leave a light yellow powder on most surfaces that you can just hose off.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. Last edited by Destroyer; 09-12-2012 at 03:49 PM.
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09-12-2012, 04:02 PM
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And hope you do not have a fuel leak.
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09-12-2012, 05:22 PM
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True, but the flame is contained in the container that it comes in. The pie pan and the sand are just to prevent the hot metal from scortching anything it sits on. If you follow the  you should be ok.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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09-12-2012, 06:41 PM
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If you do it while the boat is in the water then we might accomplish 1, 2, AND 3 of what BGreene posted above.
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09-13-2012, 04:21 PM
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Sounds quite effective...........but how can you be sure all termites will be killed ?
Those that have burrowed down deeply below, around the fuel tank and lower ? I say - pour one gallon of gasoline all the rig, light it, run. After it's burned completely out - the termites will be gone.
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09-13-2012, 06:36 PM
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there IS a slightly less destructive method.... remove the rotten wood and burn it separately.... then the remainder of the boat can be reassembled with new termite free wood.... NOW when you sink it you can be absolutely certain that no termites will survive....................... uh wait.... huh?
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09-14-2012, 03:06 AM
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HAHA yall guys crack me up. Burning and sinking it almost sounds like the best plan so far but I'm really just thinking of selling it as is. Main reason I just cant swap the motor to my other boat is because the 78 is a 30" transom and the 81 a 25". So either way theres some work involved. If all goes well I might just take it out this weekend for the last time and you never know, with all the rot it just might sink and solve all my problems lol.
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1981 V20 cuddy - underpowered 100hp eninrude, 1978 V20 cuddy no motor, 1996 4x4 Suburban, surf fishing rig - LS1 conv. and lots or rod holders.
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09-14-2012, 09:54 AM
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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