Otter Proofing

I am lucky to have a generous friend who owns a large sailboat and has a private dock within Gibsons Harbour.  He only uses the one side of his dock and said that I was welcome to use the other side which happens to dry out at super low tides.  

Great - it a Scamp.  No problem.

The harbour hosts a population of river otters who like to jump aboard docked boats and poop.  According to another friend a simple deterrent can be enough to put them off.  I now stretch some light plastic fencing across the cockpit when leaving Fib.  

So far, so good.