Charlie Brown wrote:
This may be a dumb question, but when I buy my boat, I'm planning on
storing in an open lot. Obviously, I'm concerned about theft. It
would seem to me that removing an outboard motor is probably not too
hard to do. Is there some kind of locking mechanism that helps
prevent theft?


Don't know how big your motor will be...
I bought a 4 pack of brass padlocks keyed alike. One goes on the
tightening screw levers of my 6 hp Evinrude Yachtwin.
Boat dealers will have a special channel bar type of lock for this
purpose also.