It was my first season owning a Mac 26m. The marina docks are full of spiders and they find their way inside the boat and some of them were huge. For next season when I put the boat in the water I will make sure I seal the companionway hatch so they can't get in. The factory setup for the hatch has a lot of gaps. They can also get in where the steering and motor cables go into the hull at the stern. I will be closing that up as well. Small old mud wasps nests were also found inside the boat when I first bought it from the previous owner. A lot of Macs have a poor seal in the from hatch as well, usually from age which makes the seal shrink lengthwise. Solution to that is glue in a new one. Also when you pull the boat out... it looked like you only had the winch hooked up to the front bow eye... you should also have a chain hooked to the bow at the same point , and one line from the anchor cleat to the trailer ladder...but tied loosely. Some boat owners also like to have a winching strap to hold the bow down during transport from the bow eye to the trailer frame. I see you have a winch strap at the stern which is great.
Luckily most of the spiders where only on the outside! Yeah, when we transport it long distances she gets a chain on the bow and strapped down across the back. We only have to go about half a mile from the launch to where we keep her so we didn't go through fastening her down very well.
It was my first season owning a Mac 26m. The marina docks are full of spiders and they find their way inside the boat and some of them were huge. For next season when I put the boat in the water I will make sure I seal the companionway hatch so they can't get in. The factory setup for the hatch has a lot of gaps. They can also get in where the steering and motor cables go into the hull at the stern. I will be closing that up as well. Small old mud wasps nests were also found inside the boat when I first bought it from the previous owner. A lot of Macs have a poor seal in the from hatch as well, usually from age which makes the seal shrink lengthwise. Solution to that is glue in a new one. Also when you pull the boat out... it looked like you only had the winch hooked up to the front bow eye... you should also have a chain hooked to the bow at the same point , and one line from the anchor cleat to the trailer ladder...but tied loosely. Some boat owners also like to have a winching strap to hold the bow down during transport from the bow eye to the trailer frame. I see you have a winch strap at the stern which is great.
Luckily most of the spiders where only on the outside! Yeah, when we transport it long distances she gets a chain on the bow and strapped down across the back. We only have to go about half a mile from the launch to where we keep her so we didn't go through fastening her down very well.