If the neighbouring berth holders are out sailing in summer and some berths are free, this has unpleasant consequences. The ducks make themselves at home on the finger pontoons in particular and soil them with their droppings. That's why we stretch a thin line on the free side of the jetty between the cleats and rings about 15 centimetres above the jetty. This successfully prevents the ducks from landing on the jetty. As soon as our neighbour is back, the problem is solved anyway, the ducks don't seem to climb up the narrow front side of the jetty, at least for us.
If the gaps between the cleats are so large that the line sags too much, we placed an empty PET bottle between them as a support. To prevent it from being blown away by the wind, we stuck the line in place with some tape.
- Stefan Hoffmann, Hamburg
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