The trouble with hitting, or trying to hit, cave crickets with scraps of wood is that I get worried about banging up the boat. And if I end up damaging the boat while attempting to dissuade cave crickets from whatever it is that they do, my rage will be Biblical.
So I picked up a fly swatter. Fly swatters are kind of hard to find. Maybe the Internet has made them obsolete; for all I know there's some kind of e-swatter everybody's downloaded. But I was able to find an archaic "real" fly swatter.
I'm not sure it will be able to withstand the crispy, horned carapace of a cave cricket, but I'm willing to give it a try.
Except that, now that I've hung the fly swatter in the shop, no cave crickets have shown themselves. Which means that either I've found the right deterrent ... or they are planning something.
Meanwhile, Steve and Bruce, in Steve's boat (the same Pathfinder design I'm building), are rocketing across the Bay in Small Craft Warning conditions. Like I said to a friend once: Small Craft Warnings just mean there's finally going to be some good wind!
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Regarding flyswatters (sounds like a book title!)...they are obsolete although I've noted that flying and creeping insects are NOT obsolete so...what gives? Why not just stun them with a hard thwack and knock them to the floor and "take care of them" with a shoe?
Awesome trip across the bay with a beautiful boat. You'll be there soon!
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