Things you DON'T mind finding when cleaning out the bilge:
Pennies.
Dog fur.
An old flyswatter.
Misc small screws.
Things you DO mind finding:
Snakeskin.
(Zoiks! :o )
Oh man.... :o
At least you don’t have to worry about rats...
I was readying our first boat for the new season one March day when I discovered what appeared to be a bilge of chocolate pudding.
Then the smell touched my olfactory like a sledge hammer. I looked in the boats log and all the winterizing items had a checkmark except "pump and winterize holding tank". A ruptured hose was the culprit. The following fall, the holding tank was #1 on the list.
" At least you don’t have to worry about rats..." my first thought
I'd rather find the odd river rat or even snakeskin, than a bilge full of that "head puddin'"...
Egads. :o :-\ :-[