The function of the lock, in practical terms, is not to keep serious
intruders out. Why cut a lock when the companionway slides are wood?

The primary purpose of the lock is so that, if someone stops the
intruder, he can't say, "It's my cousin's boat and he gave me the key
so I could pick up some stuff." When they find the lockpick in his
pocket or the metal filings under the lock, they'll have a basis for
picking him up.

Most crooks with lockpicking skills aren't going to bother with a boat
anyway. Lock keep out kids looking for booze and homeless looking for
warmth.

--

Roger Long



"Larry" wrote in message
...
Think yours is locked? Go over to alt.binaries.movies.divx and
download
"Lockpicking for the New Millenium"
and see how easy it is to open the front door to that $1.2M mansion
with
the simplest of tools, even ones you can easily make with a
file.....(c;

Great video!

Those big Master padlocks for big bucks? 8 seconds, tops...(c;

NOONE is safe....

He makes those super security locks you can't hacksaw open so
easily, it's
unnerving.




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There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.