Oh no! vermin infestation on our sailing boat
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Boat Life : There's a vermin in me kitchen
We have been sailing our floating home around the world for the last five years and have recently taken our beautiful kitten Mocha onboard, how ironic therefore that for the first time ever we have a rat onboard the boat and Mocha is no use at all.
Ivan and I returned from an evening of exercise to find the rat waiting or us. We cleared out the food space, put down sticky traps and now we wait.
Across the world we also catch up with what Declan and Finn are up to respectfully. One recovered from measles the other getting his heart health examined.
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BACK STORY
In 1997, after rowing at the Atlanta Olympics, Rob rowed a tiny 7m (22 foot) plywood boat 2,500 miles from Tenerife (Canary Islands) to Barbados (Caribbean). It took six weeks for Rob and rowing partner, Phil Stubbs, to complete winning the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race.
Skip forward to 2014 and, married with three children, Rob and his wife Rachel purchased Javelot, a 43 ft Fountaine Pajot catamaran. Armed only with Rob's 3 years of racing P class yachts from the age of 11 to 13, and Rachel's non existent sailing knowledge, We set off to learn the ropes of ocean sailing. We broke stuff, replaced stuff and got to know their boat before heading offshore with the kids, Finn (then 13), Declan (then 11) and Ivan (then 8), in tow. Through trial and error we have become confident wayfarers, kind of.
The plan? To sail around the world.
Part of the journey will be retracing Rob’s eldest brother Kerry’s travels at sea. Using Kerry’s original letters from the 1970’s we hope to retrace his movements from Australia through Indonesia and South East Asia to Cambodia where Kerry’s life was cut short after straying into Cambodian waters in 1978. Kerry and two friends were attacked by a Khmer Rouge gun boat, captured, tortured and executed. www.brothernumberone.co.nz
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SO GLAD YOU ARE IN TUNE WITH IVAN'S NEEDS. HE IS A LOVELY GUY
He's a good fella.
So ... Rob does have a heart after all ? Interesting ;-)
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Yea Ivan!
Cheers guys!
You beauty cheers Trev.
Rachel, your commitment to Ivan's happiness is so very touching. I hope he appreciates it! Wishing your family a happy, healthy new year! Safe travels ❤
Thank you very much!
Great to see you all back doing the videos. Seems everyone is in different parts of the world at present! Hope you can all be reunited soon. Happy new year and looking forward to seeing what this year has installed for you all.
Thanks Steve. Would be good to be all together again but with one less passenger!😊
Please don't use those glue traps. They are so cruel.
You’re a fantastic mom! How special for you both
I agree. And this is not Rachel writing😊
I cannot add anything other commenters haven’t already said, except to say Rachel, you’re a wonderful mother and wife.
I concur🙂
i was looking for your channel, actively! t showns up because i am subscribed but timing is everything. There should be more views than this. 🤔🤔🤨😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
This one has had a very slow start that's for sure.
Lots of "unexplained" heart issues these days after the last cpl years. Poor kid.
Indeed.
Stop jumping at shadows.
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Another groovy episode
Thanks MA
Great emotional video, as usual...
We put peanut butter on our baits and it’s usually gone by the morning.
Good call thanks Kelly. We've heard peanut butter smeared on apple is even better.
@@TheCruisingKiwis You might have luck with the sticky pad and some bait in the middle of it. However once it is stuck you will probably need to dispatch it manually via a winch handle or something.
@kellyturner7701 not the ideal option
Hey Rachel this is for you guys. First of all, and most importantly, hunt around anywhere for similar wooden traps that we have in Nz. Make a mix of white flour and icing sugar. 2/3 flour and 1/3 icing sugar. Set the trap up in a likely spot. Even in or about the cockpit. The colour attracts them. And smell. However flour hides human smell. Sprinkle the flour mix on and around the trap. Tie it down, trust me you'll hear the trap, from inside the cabin. It works in the older bivvies down here. Particularly with our bush rat species. I used with the possums, doing trap monitoring. For DoC. When I say sprinkle, I mean grab a handful. They still make it, you know. Good luck. Hopefully you'll get rid of the little bug-beggars. Good to see the lads hearts are still beating. Eh.? Take care guys. Atb from down here in Aotearoa.
Great feedback, thanks, Bryan. As much for us and anyone else trading this.
To make this flour, sugar and chocolate rodent bait:
Pour equal parts sugar (either white sugar of castor sugar), flour, and baking soda into a small container. Add a little chocolate powder or chocolate sprinkles for extra flavour, and mix it well. The chocolate is optional, but it makes the bait far more enticing!
Add a very small amount of water into the mixture, and stir it in, adding a little at a time until a fairly firm dough is created.
Spoon two or more heaped teaspoons of the bait mixture onto each small disposable saucer.
Place the saucers with the bait along walls or between spaces where rats frequent. Leave the bait in the same location for a few days
Great feedback, thanks, UK. As much for us and anyone else reading this.
It is always good to hear from you and see what all you all are up too. It looks like you are staying busy and keeping your health top notch and if I may offer a little piece of my health regime, I take a multi-vitamin for my age bracket daily and have all my life and I must say, I am still kicking, knock on wood!!!! Glad Declan got through his bout with Measles and those are really neat looking shoes Ivan! I sure hope you can get that rat before he eats through some important wires or tubes and how long does Rob plan on being gone? Take care everyone and stay safe!
Thank you JC, Rob extended his stay there to be with Finn but will be back soon.
Excellent sitting in ohope watching my favorite channel 😊
Great to see you all again for 2024 hope it's a fantastic year for you all.
Hope that rat has gone they can chew through wires so fast.
Take care
Cheers from the Ohope team 😊😊😊
Hello Rob, they sure can chew through wires. While our rat was on board Rob was having dinner with a couple whose campervan was written off in one night by a rat getting busy on their wiring. Needless to say, he was very keen to hear that Ivan and I got rid of our uninvited guest quickly. Unfortunately it was not before he did a bit of chewing of his own.
So glad to see your post was afraid you had stopped posting for some reason Looks like Finn is much better and to Finn there is always the 2028 Olympics! Mom and Dad look great and the kitty too.
Thank you Marvin, we ended up not paying last week with friends visiting and general activities taking our time.
Nice video (other than the nasty issue with the rat.... Glad you did get rid of it soon!).
Too sad to hear Finn is not fully recovered... At least, the heart scann came up well. Go Finn!! Keep pushing, as Rob says (though not to hard or fast). We are with you, Champ!
Very happy for Ivan, having met such a great group. Knowing Ivan, no doubt he dosn't have any trouble interacting and making friends even with different languages haha Happy seeing him being himself again😂
And during days, he for sure he is good company and help with stuff such as taking Mocha to the vet. Poor Mocha, hope is recovering well and fast! Rachel, great idea the clothes instead that thing.
And Declan, happy to see you (here and in your own channel) fully recovered. Rachel, you should recover the "Finn's Files" and "Declan's Files" while they are off board. It was a cool idea 😅
Stay safe, TeanHamill!!
Safe journey, good winds! Metaphorically, until you go back to sailing once again.
Thank you, and agree with you on the Finn files although newbies may not understand at first.
I'd have gone overboard before the rat did. For living on a boat, you guys have a VERY eventful life
Isn't that a cute hamster on the thumbnail? 😀
Now that you say it...☺️
We miss Phuket…we weren’t as creative in how we helped our teens cope with the cruising life. Good example of making the boat life work for you vs other way around 🤔.
Suggestion…look into post Covid spike protein treatment…nattokinase…
Thank you! And curcumin and...
@@TheCruisingKiwis yes, I’m also dealing with some mysterious inflammation of unknown cause. Hope he heals quickly and completely 🙏
Who knew bloody rats were scuba divers 😳
I reckon!
It's great to see Ivan enjoying himself with guy's of his own age. I am sure he makes friends pretty easily. So Finn's Heart is normal, that is very good news because Covid can cause problems in this department. Mocha looks great and will be a lot better after the operation. Like the UB40 linked title on the still. Rat's can swim. In Manchester they live in the sewers and you are never more than a few metres away from one. Declan is doing well in Austrailia and Rob is still going strong. I hope you have a fantastic year in 2024. Keep well and safe. James.
Thanks James, it warmed our hearts to see how the boys embraced Ivan as one of theirs. The rat swimming underwater was something of not seen before.
Rachel
Glad you and ivan are doing ok and fine 👍
Declan working and staying with her girlfriend 😎
And Rob with Finn, checking out.
Mocha it’s suppose to do the work of getting that rat out, either way, good to know she is doing good to.
The rat swimming on the water blow my mind wow 🤯, great you have footage to prove it 👊⚡️.
I have a friend that he thinks he knows everything this footage will help me to try to catch him wrong by asking him if rats, can swim on the sea and get up on a boat, i will let you know what happen 🤣🤣🤣, thanks for this footage 🫡
Hell a family and happy to know you are all good.
Greetings
Thank you for the lovely message. You could also ask your friend if he thinks rats can swim under water. Or freedive😉
Rats thats not good. Time for Mocha to man up.
Yeah come on Mocha!
White boots Ivan?????🤣Hi Family, please be safe, with what's happening right now in the World, Rachel ur a top shelf Mum.🐈💙⚽️
Thanks 😊 yes we are trying to figure out our next move
@@TheCruisingKiwis Maybe come a bit closer to home. My gut tells me things are going to get really Bad. Just be Safe. 🤗
@seawench555 yeah lots of dubious goings on that makes one wonder where is the best location to be...
I'm having a laugh cos my sister who lives away from me is having a rat/mouse problem just as u are Rach and believe it or not she uses the sticky trap n they don't work lol.U need to find it n remove it lol.The old traps are hard to find
It's a continental land and water based issue. I wish her good luck!
I LITERALLY PRAY FOR ALL OF YOU MOM AND DAD AND THE BOYS WHO ARE ALL MEN IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. YOU MUST BE VERY PROUD OF THEM !
Thank you and yes we are.
How did you find that opportunity for Ivan?
He met them while hanging out kicking a ball around. They were very accommodating and now call him part of the family. So nice.
A business opportunity, an underwater rat trap. Be the first to invent one !!
🤔 I'll get Ivan right on it! 😉
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Wonderful little vignettes of all of you -- Rachel, your devotion to your children is heart warming. 'Nuff said!!
I liked the teamwork developing exercises especially. Best regards.
Thank you so much! It's so true, he devotion to the boys is 💯
How is Finn doing back in New Zealand..
That was Finn getting a scan of his heart in NZ. He has post viral exercise intolerance or in other words long covid due to getting back into training too quickly after he had the virus in Europe.
So nice to see everyone this weekend uploading. Also glad other than the rat doing will. Love you guys.
Thank you!
You've got such a loving heart for animals Rachel, like my wife. Be great to see you all back on the boat together.
@swanman1984. she, and indeed all of us, were sad that Mocha will not be able to parent.
Finn and Declan have both got their interests now so it is great to see Ivan following something that he has a passion for via soccer. I can't stress how important life perspective is for a teen male But I think mum already knows ths
It warmed our hearts seeing how the kids embraced Ivan a one of their own.
O'h white footy boots good colour choice Ivan. Thanks for the stories kiwi's. Kiora
Haha yeah they must have been cheap.
As tough as they like to present themselves, teen age boys are still “fragile.” Finn and Declan seem to have moved on and Ivan is now “ hunk of the boat.” (There is also Rob.😊) From “ is there more cheese? to now he fits the bill. Best wishes to all of you. Happy sailing. And best wishes to Finn in his sport and best wishes to Declan and Chanel in their travels.
Thank you AG, Ivan is holding the Fort well in his brothers absence.
Just a heads up on using poison. Your rat could take the poison and then go somewhere to die that you will not be able to find and smell up your boat for months!!!
Oh my word, that would not be good.
Hello Kiwis thanks for this update video. Everything seems to be going good. Everyone is settling into their own routines. Looking forward to next video and hopefully Muca has healed more.
That rat thing swimming is the first I have heard of that wow. Well hopefully you get that sorted.
Yeah that thing doing its version of freediving.
I think we we all needing our first Cruising Kiwis dose for 2024!
Thank you!
Happy Birthday Rob for the 4th.
Thank you very much😊
Oh rats. Hope you'll are having fun!
Dang things. Just the thought of them on the boat..
How did Ivan find the soccer team to play? So great for him!
He visited several other soccer places, which were more structured. One of the players suggested he visit Nai Harn et voila. The friendliest team of them all.
That rat may have gotten onboard by climbing up your anchor chain. There are disks that can be attached to robes and mooring lines to keep them from getting past.
I had COVID (even after being vaxxed and boosted) it was a mild case but for almost a year I experienced shortness of breath. I had breathing tests done and over time it got better but never back to before COVID. Of course I’m not young, healthy and fit like Finn. I hope he can get back to 100% soon.
Thank you Ken. I think you're right about the anchor chain. The crazy thing was Mocha looked at the rat and did nothing. 😳
Rats are the reason boats have had cats
And our cat just failed the test. Substitution!
Never a dull episode
In fact they are always excellent 👌👍
One of our worst scenarios realised.
your tender heart! I wish you peace sweet lady!
Thank you kindly!
Get a bigger cat LOL
Mammal or vessel or both?😉
The glue traps are effective when baited. You see that "X" pattern that crosses in the middle with a round spot on it? that's where you put the bait. Now DON'T use cheese! Mice and rats don't really like cheese that much, Use "Peanut Butter" they LOVE it! Good luck and happy hunting.
Good call. I heard peanut on apple its the ultimate rat tucka.
Best wishes in the New Year 🎉 and no rats in the catamaran ♡ it is nice to see what everyone is doing from different cities
Thank you and wishes to you too.
Good on ya mum!❤
Ain't she the best!
This channel has really plumbed the depths of late, with first cats aboard and now rats & this is just proof that Rob as skipper has lost the plot & dropped his standards.
If you want to keep animals as pets, go buy a house in NZ ffs.
Even my wife says that this channel now is just stupid & no longer worth watching.
We enjoyed it early on while you sailed Aussie waters - but since then it’s just gone further & further downhill sadly.
Unsubscribed a while back but UA-cam still shows the vids in our feed, but we no longer bother to watch any longer.