Camping: If the boat is electric-start only, and too big to row, take the
battery to the tent/camper. A friend of mine can remove his prop
blindfolded - that's his technique. But, since stolen batteries themselves
have value to a fence, I think removing it makes sense.

Vibration sensor: When camping, will the boat be beached, or floating? If
the latter, forget the vibration sensor. You think people hate dummies whose
car alarms go off every time a bird craps on the hood? Try introducing
campers to the same nonsense and see what happens.

Thanks Doug, I think these are great and easy theft protection methods
....

The boat would mostly be beached, but you wont be able to get the
whole boat on the beach to prevenmt all movement...

I agree the last place where you want to hear false car/boat alarms is
out on the lake !

Matt



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Folks,

its now down to a few weeks til the boat will arrive and I have to
start makeing arrangements to make sure it stays where it belongs and
doesnt end up with some crook....

My insurance (and common sense) require the boat to be chained when
stored at my place. Unfortunately there is no solid structure nearby
that I could use to connect a chain to .... I was thinking about a
hook in the (concrete) ground .. Kryptonite has one but its expensive
and hard to get here... Are there any other ideas or options?

The second scenario that requires some protection is when camping with
the boat. It should be made sure that nobody can pull the boat away at
night and I have to swim home ... What is the standard method to
protect for that? Lets leave aside that sometimes you DONT want to
know or be there if someone (armed) takes your boat....

I was thinking about an alarm in the boat ... it could be a simple
setup with a vibration sensor hooked to a siren or a thin wire going
from boat to shore and if the boat moves the wire rips and triggers
the siren ..

Is this preactical? Recommended? After all sometimes its better to
stay asleep and let the boat go with an armed&dangerous criminal ..


What are your opinions, experiences?

Matt