Alarms and immobilisers

[sailbadthesinner]

i only fleeted round the palaises de gin this year at the LIBS but normally do go and have a good look inside and out at princess, sunseeker et al.
it struck me when on the chartered fairline this year
why do you buy a car for thirty grand that is effectively impervious to being stolen ( hence they mug you for the keys)
yet a two hundred grand boat has a lock on the patio doors that
cannot be remotley locked and is about as complex as a farm gate
the engine has no immobiliser on it.

i know that there are trackers fitted to many but do all the big boats have them?
it just struck me as odd.


Ok brain let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

 

[jimi]

Do\'nt need \'em

Only gangsters buy boats like that anyway and they tend to supply their own security!

 

[paulineb]

A scouser asking about alarms and immobilisers? The words 'poacher' and 'gamekeeper' spring to mind

Pxx

 

[jhr]

It\'s not just the big ones

Had lunch at our neighbours a while back. They own a beach hut on the coast. He was a keen raggie but flogged his boat when they got the hut, and bought a Maxum bowrider as a runabout to keep nearby.

When we were having lunch, I asked how the boat was going, to be met with embarrassed silence and a stony stare from his SWMBO. When she'd left the room, he explained that he'd left the boat on the trailer (no Denver boot or anything, tho' supposedly a secure storage place) and somebody had turned up one night, hitched up, and driven off with it.

Still, I said, presumably the insurers had paid up? Ah, he said, I'd erm forgotten to insure it, hence SWMBO's glacial expression. Still, at least he hadn't run anybody down, eh?

Glad it wasn't me, I would still be in intensive care................

 

[ccscott49]

Not difficult to immobilise a diesel engine, just have a switch in the starter circuit, in the solenoid feed line, suitably hidden.

 

[sailbadthesinner]

a pound to look after ye boat mister?

Ok brain let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

 

[ccscott49]

You could try plugging the handrails into the mains, that should deter would be thieves.

 

[sailbadthesinner]

no
surely you shoot the first two who try and hang them off the boom?

Ok brain let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

 

[ccscott49]

No, NO, I'd shoot all of 'em!

 

[paulineb]

..... and miss most of them !

Pxx

 

[sailbadthesinner]

Re: It\'s not just the big ones

if ever there was an
'i'll get me coat' moment

by the way you don't want to buy a maxum bowrider do you
its all kosher altho it would be adviseable launching and recovering under cover of darkness ;-)

Ok brain let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

 

[ccscott49]

Actually not, I was a damn fine shot with shotgun, rifle or pistol, won lots of awards for it. But after Northern Ireland I won't touch a gun of any kind, it brings me out in a cold sweat, just to see one.

 

[spannerman]

There is a very good system available which sends an SMS to your mobile if the following events occur;
Door or hatch opened
Boat moved more than 50 metres ( Has its own built in GPS)
Bilge level alarm
Smoke alarm
Gas leak alarm
Battery level monitoring
Remote switching of two relays(via mobile phone) e.g. deck lights, fridge,heating.

In addition it kills the motor petrol or diesel, sends an updated position report if boat is being removed, allows you to check temp on board.
And will send SMS's to up 20 different phone no's, i,e, wifes phone, security firm or marina office, fire brigade, police, and it will identify itself with either the vessels name or berth number so marina staff or emergency services know where to go. All of this via your mobile.
I took the time to visit or contact all the major players in the UK market to see if they wanted to offer their customers a system that is adaptable to individual boats, and guess what not one of them was interested.
I guess they prefer that boats go missing cos then they can sell a new one!
Whereas here in Norway the boat companies have welcomed it, and several of the larger insurance companies insist you have one on larger boats, as the owner is alerted within 15 seconds of something occuring so there is a good chance of recovering\saving the boat.
And it cuts out the fees payable to remote surveillance companies.

 

[adarcy]

Name and cost please sir

(and either a disclaimer or minor apology)