Because when dinghies are secured like that they impede access to the pontoon and people have to climb over them.Why?
Only asking, because I do not carry a dinghy anyway.
That's the problem.....
Both brilliant points. You have a very good eye for these photos and the sailing points they underly. Most people carry a battery angle grinder I would have thought. Noisy, but cut one link by the wood and chuck chain into dinghy and be off.
One would hope most crime yacht wise is opportunistic else with the array of battery operated saws and cutters there is no hope……although I recall a article in a yachting magazine where the experienced yachtsman fitted solid bars across the hatches so that they could be left open but locked….apparently inspired by nocturnal visits whilst the owner was asleep on board!
I never used to go ashore in the Carribean without one.
Hair shirt stuff, this is 2025. Having had £2,500’s worth of tender nicked, I tether my replacement from the bow with a padlocked, 5m long, long, 5mm long link chain (and that is the secret, long link behaves just the same as a rope painter, maybe a bit slower.) My pet hate is outboards left on tilt stabbing every thing in sight and crusty, splintery, nail rove, neglected, never moved dinghies, usually locally owned, (ever been to West Mersea, Brightlingsea or Newton Ferrers?) cluttering up dinghies parks. It is less about the value of the tender but more about inconvenience.
A common addition to liveaboard yachts in the Caribbean, where a sealed boat quickly becomes a Turkish bath. The contrast in wealth between yachties and locals can prove too much for some - especially if they need money for drugs
My tender was cut adrift (just vandals). Found 2 weeks later. Thereafter I used about 15 foot of lightweight chain to the buoy/ post. I never left my outboard attached. It was a pain carrying it wherever I went and embarrassing but I really liked it.
Yes. Always wore boots because boats were filled with water and splintered wood. Inconvenience is greater than theft in those areas but most are rigid tenders, insured and easy to replace. The Caribbean is known for theft and difficult to replace tender so inconvenience on one hand in one locale and theft on another?
No need not an angle grinder, that is a pretty flimsy padlock.
Hadn’t thought of that- screwdriver through hasp of padlock I suppose. I never found those padlocks to be waterproof as advertised. The ubolt on the transom may even have nuts so an adjustable spanner too. Yes 2 tack welds to the chain around the pilon behind the tender would make them think twice …… perhapsNo need not an angle grinder, that is a pretty flimsy padlock.
We could move the dinghy onto the floating pontoon, just for good measure. If anybody had any welding kit perhaps really make it secure
