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Those are some tough shells
Yes they are!!!! I guess that is why they are so damn noisy!!!!
Those are some tough shells
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Other weird sounds...shrimp mating!!!! If you don't know this sound it will drive you crazy....just a continuous clicking sound. It actually drives me crazy...but I know what it is and know it is not part of the boat.
[Quote from Baker] I don't think they are munching. They are having sex...read my previous post!!The strangest sound I ever heard on a boat was when we first began the cruising life, and were anchored at DeSoto Point, on the south side of Tampa bay. It was a weird noise. Sounded like something crunching!
...Seems that there are little shrimp that swim up and munch on the growth on the bottom of the boat.
But I must say they are quiet and the boat doesn't jerk around in the slip when somebody ignores the no wake zone in marina .
Sitting here in a pretty surgy Marina in Ensenada, and getting tired of all the noise my dock lines are making. Anyone have any secrets for reducing the creaking and squeaking of dock lines? Getting them wet works - until they dry.
Cheers!
The other night my dock lines were driving me up a wall and I remembered this thread I tried WD40 as a quick fix and it worked great! I don't think it's just the chafe around the chocks (I have line protectors), but just that the whole line is creaking. . .things are stiff as wire, probably time to soak and wash
There was a direct correlation between length of line treated with WD40, and reduction in noise. . .
The shown line snubbers are trying to 'make the line longer' which alleviates the squeak.
Although everyone likes to buy the fancy braided, double braid, plaited lines. Nothing beats plain old three strand Nylon for silence and stretch.
With shock absorbers, everything so fine.
LOL. I spent an hour in the basement trying to find an electrical arc, which is exactly what them dang shrimps sound like. Until i remembered reading about them here. . .