On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:28:52 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:07:44 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:52:30 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/12...oyride-on-boat

If I kept my boat at a marina and/or just purchased the boat locally,
I'd change the ignition switch promptly, even if it was working
properly.

The ignition switch on a boat is just to turn it off when you stop. It
certainly isn't stopping a thief, even a joy rider.
Most 2 strokes will start if you unplug the cable to the controller
and jump out the solenoid. (or pull the rope)

Exactly. The best security for most boats is to use a plastic coated
steel security cable from a cleat on the boat to somewhere on the dock
that it is not easily removed or cut. Disk type stainless steel
padlocks offer good protection against bolt cutters.

What about a manual fuel cutoff in a place that only you know about?

On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:18:31 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:29:27 -0800, wrote:

On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:28:52 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:07:44 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:52:30 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/12...oyride-on-boat

If I kept my boat at a marina and/or just purchased the boat locally,
I'd change the ignition switch promptly, even if it was working
properly.

The ignition switch on a boat is just to turn it off when you stop. It
certainly isn't stopping a thief, even a joy rider.
Most 2 strokes will start if you unplug the cable to the controller
and jump out the solenoid. (or pull the rope)

Exactly. The best security for most boats is to use a plastic coated
steel security cable from a cleat on the boat to somewhere on the dock
that it is not easily removed or cut. Disk type stainless steel
padlocks offer good protection against bolt cutters.

What about a manual fuel cutoff in a place that only you know about?

That would stop the joyrider if it was well hidden but serious boat
thieves just tow the boat away. Once they get out of earshot they
start it.
At that point it depends on how far they have to go to find a hiding
place to work on it. Usually that is limited by how far they can tow
it before sunup.
They might just strip everything they can pry loose and leave it
drifting.

Wasn't he pretty much a joy rider?