I've been reading all the chatter about ways to rig effective bug netting. I haven't been everywhere, but I've sailed along the Texas Gulf Coast since 1966 with no netting at all. I find no mosquitoes if I anchor 50 - 100 yards off the shoreline - no need for netting. Also, no need to drag the boat into deeper water the next morning if the tide falls. I did anchor one time off Magnolia Beach, downwind from a grassy meadow that had been flooded by rains. Had plenty of mosquitoes even 100 yards off. I motored a quarter mile down the beach and got relief! I kept a boat in a slip right next to a grassy shoreline in Kemah, and mosquitoes ate me up every time I got close. I learned to have the cabin all closed, everything put away. Then when I got into the slip, tie up real fast, and run to the parking lot. There are pests I never learned how to control though - spiders at Lake Conroe, yellow jackets under the helmsman's seat, stingrays while floundering at Fishpond, ducks pooping on my dock, seagulls pooping on my duck blind, Boliver Ferry whistle signals all night long by the Galveston Yacht Basin, shrimp boats with the wheel tied off and noone watching, unscheduled closing of locks. Oh well, if it was easy, what would be fun about sailing? So, I do suggest that you avoid beaching your boat for the night. Anchor a ways off and you'll avoid 99% of the bug problems. Mark House