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Re: Kayak Security
By:Mike McCrea
Date: 1/12/2001, 10:02 am
In Response To: Kayak Security (Chris Menard)

Great series of responses, but, whatever scheme you employ to secure your boat (lasso-style cables, U-bolts, the "Club") remember that the %&$#ers that would steal your boat will go after the weakest part of your set-up.

If you are locking your boat to your roof racks that is probably the weak link right there. I wouldn't bother tacking a cable, lock, club or large U-bolt; I'd cut the rood rack itself. Hacksaw or #5 bolt cutters and I'd be long gone.

Instead of locking the boat to the roofrack, try to find a way to lock it to the bumpers or something permenantly secured to the body of the vehicle.

One other tactic we employ, our boats are locked to the vehicle, and, since we almost always cartop two boats, they are also locked to each other. The "locked to each other" cable and lock isn't as obvious as the one to the van, so if someone got the boats free of the van they'd suddenly find themselves faced with two boats that are cabled together. That would add an unexpected degree of difficulty in making off with my boats.

BTW - I have had a boat stolen; it was locked up with a VERY hefty lock and a freakin' logging chain at a public put in...I still haven't been able to figure out how they nabbed it - boat, lock, chain - everything was clean gone :-(

All you can do is make it more difficult to steal your boat...

Messages In This Thread

Kayak Security
Chris Menard -- 1/9/2001, 1:36 pm
Re: Kayak Security
tim -- 1/14/2001, 1:51 am
Re: Kayak Security
Mike McCrea -- 1/12/2001, 10:02 am
Re: Kayak Security
Russ -- 1/11/2001, 11:31 am
Kayak Security - build a boat nobody would want
Edgar -- 1/11/2001, 8:46 am
Great Post!!!!
Kent LeBoutillier -- 1/11/2001, 11:42 am
Re: Whats really scary...
Don Beale -- 1/11/2001, 11:34 am
Re: Kayak Security - build a boat nobody would wan
Ross Leidy -- 1/11/2001, 10:13 am
Re: Shop security!- build a boat nobody would wan
Scotty -- 1/11/2001, 2:05 pm
Septic Filter Fabric & Paint Bucket Covers Hatch
mike allen -- 1/15/2001, 7:05 pm
Re: Kayak Security - build a boat nobody would wan
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/11/2001, 9:02 am
Re: Kayak Security - build a boat nobody would wan
Steve L -- 1/14/2001, 10:38 am
Kayak Security - two methods I've used
Brian Nystrom -- 1/10/2001, 12:01 pm
Re: Kayak Security - two methods I've used
Larry C. -- 1/10/2001, 3:54 pm
Re: Kayak Security - Interesting Ideas
Chris Menard -- 1/10/2001, 8:13 am
Re: Kayak Security
John Monfoe -- 1/10/2001, 5:07 am
Illegal Kayak Security?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/10/2001, 11:46 am
Re: Illegal Kayak Security?
John Monfoe -- 1/11/2001, 4:50 am
It's still illegal
Brian Nystrom -- 1/11/2001, 11:54 am
Re: It's still illegal
John Monfoe -- 1/12/2001, 4:18 am
Re: It's still illegal
Brian Nystrom -- 1/12/2001, 11:23 am
scorched-earth policy?
daniel -- 1/15/2001, 2:53 pm
Uh...you go first. ;-) *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 1/16/2001, 11:27 am
Back to the drawing board. *NM*
John Monfoe -- 1/13/2001, 4:05 am
Springtraps
Pete Roszyk -- 1/12/2001, 10:20 am
Re: Question!
Ian Johnston -- 1/12/2001, 2:30 am
Re: Question!
Brian Nystrom -- 1/12/2001, 11:14 am
Re: Kayak Security
Simon King -- 1/10/2001, 4:25 am
Re: Kayak Security *Pic*
Mike Hanks -- 1/9/2001, 8:11 pm
Re: Kayak Security
daniel -- 1/10/2001, 2:28 pm
buy 2?
mike allen -- 1/10/2001, 12:05 pm
no, or:
mike allen -- 1/10/2001, 2:25 pm
or cockpit up
mike allen -- 1/10/2001, 2:33 pm
Re: or cockpit up
Andreas Albat -- 1/10/2001, 3:56 pm
What about
mike allen -- 1/10/2001, 7:44 pm
Re: What about
Andreas Albat -- 1/10/2001, 8:45 pm
Re: Kayak Security
Andreas Albat -- 1/10/2001, 11:47 am
Re: Kayak Security
Ronnie Earhart -- 1/10/2001, 8:37 am
Re: Kayak Security
Dale Frolander -- 1/10/2001, 5:47 am
Re: Kayak Security
Erez -- 1/9/2001, 4:53 pm
Re: Automobile modifications
Ben Staley -- 1/9/2001, 6:05 pm
Re: Kayak Security
Ken Finger -- 1/9/2001, 4:32 pm
Re: Kayak Security
Mark -- 1/9/2001, 1:48 pm
Re: Kayak Security
Severne Johnson -- 1/10/2001, 10:50 am
Re: Kayak Security U Bolt
Steve L -- 1/12/2001, 10:48 am
Re: Kayak Security U Bolt
Chris Menard -- 1/12/2001, 3:47 pm
Re: Kayak Security U Bolt
Jerry Hayes -- 1/12/2001, 6:04 pm