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Re: Last Minute Planning
[Re: WayneC]
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06/15/2015 12:57 PM
06/15/2015 12:57 PM
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Posts: 569 Knoxville, TN
rundugrun
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Bring DEET and / or bug bands if you're planning on spending much time ashore. We ate a late lunch at Cruz Bay a couple of weeks ago, and the mosquitoes were plentiful. Nick@surfbvi.com is the email addy
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Re: Last Minute Planning
[Re: rundugrun]
#58394
06/15/2015 03:52 PM
06/15/2015 03:52 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,951 St. John, USVI
RickG
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We use picaridin-based bug spray. We've been happy with the Repel brand, Cutter Advanced works too. DEET will melt plastic (like sunglasses), discolor boat cushions and can cause a strong reaction in some people (me). The picaridin works and kept us Chik-V free during five trips last year.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Last Minute Planning
[Re: RickG]
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06/15/2015 04:19 PM
06/15/2015 04:19 PM
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Posts: 355 East Lansing, MI, USA
2forBVI
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"For the first time ever, testing done by Consumer Reports has found some of most effective insect repellents do not rely on DEET, the group announced on Wednesday.
"The top scorers included Sawyers Fisherman's Formula, whose active ingredient was 20 percent picaridin; and Repel Lemon Eucalyptus, which contained 30 percent oil of lemon eucalyptus to keep bugs at bay."
"If we weren't all crazy we would go insane!"
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