Ben,
I'm afraid that your sailing must be postponed until the ducklings hatch.  
Moving them is out of the question.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 4/1/2010 11:27:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com writes:

Here's  an issue I haven't seen on the list before.

Last weekend, I was doing  some routine cleaning and maintenance in
preparation for our annual easter  weekend overnight trip.  All was going
fine, until I saw a female  mallard hop aboard.  While it amused me for a
second, I figured out  what was up as soon as she disappeared.  

Under the starboard  seats, she sat in the middle of my coiled anchor rode 
on
somewhere between  6 and 10 eggs.  I stuck my face down there, and we sat
looking at each  other, eye to eye, and inches away.  She let me take some
pics.   Here's one --

http://theskinnyonbenny.com/img/duck.jpg

I'm  afraid that if I sail, she'll fly off, and then she won't know where  
to
find her nest.  I'm thinking of trying to move the nest (and the  crumbling
Rubbermaid that it's in) onto the dock.  I've got a giant  spatula that I 
use
to flip crumbly fish on the grill.  Maybe I'll put  it in a sideways box or
something.  I figure she's stupid enough not  to know the difference, and I
don't think that it will be found by a  neighborhood cat or nutria if I 
leave
it pretty close to where the boat is  tied.

Anyone have different suggestions?  (Other than making her  into a gumbo)

Ben S.
Velvet Elvis

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