Tender security

[dignity]

I've just spoilt myself to a nice new shiny inflatable in which I intend to leave on davits. Obviously this is a very nick-able item, has anyone any bright ideas on how to make it difficult for the Tea-leaves to steal my new toy! Apart from a resident Croc!

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[daveking]

Assuming your new tender has metal eyes for the attachment of a painter( not the bloke with a brush in his hand) then a good bright padlock that is easy to see will help to deter the opportunist and maybe your boat name stamped or burnt into the transom will keep the others away.
regards
Dave

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[snowleopard]

take a nice hefty length of stainless wire with a soft eye in each end, attach one end to the outboard clamp padlock, pass through a thief-proof eye on the transom of the boat then padlock it to a strong point on the boat. this is standard prctice in the caribbean where dinghy theft is rife.

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[vyv_cox]

I saw an article and photos about Caribbean tender problems a couple of years ago in YM. In this case the tender was padlocked by a towing eye. Thieves had just cut the transom and outboard off the tubes, leaving the tubes behind. The owner managed to make a new transom up from ply, glueing and glassing it on to the tubes.

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[colvic]

Hi Dave

I know that a lot of people put the boat name on the tender and my new Insurance Co. insist on it otherwise its not covered, but my concern is that when ashore the T Leaves know your boat could well be empty. We are going to be in Mallorca and Menorca this summer and will spend 98% of the time at anchor and whenever ashore the dinghy will be on the beach telling all and sundry that we are ashore.

Any ideas


Phil

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[snowleopard]

i remember the article and it conditioned my thinking. by padlocking the motor and transom they can't take either the dinghy or motor. it won't protect against vandalism but at least they can't take your kit and flog it at the next boat jumble.

another solution to protecting the dinghy alone was to pass a wire right round the tube and through a watertight gland in the bottom.

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[tertim]

What about security of your tender when on the beach or jetty, is it possible to lock it to a jetty?

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[tcm]

hm, last year and another time in balearix, unoccupied boats were approached or (on one occassion) taken away ("salvaged", they said) to be returned upon payment of bribe. Another time a pedalo feigned injury, requestuing tio be taken ashore, but the person on the boat saw what was happening and returned to the boat.

I wd leave someone on the boat, or stay within sight of the boat. Leave music playing on the boat? Or a CD of a dog barking? Mind you, then the animal welfare gang will break in to rescue the obviously-very-upset dog.

You could try an official-looking POLICE _SURVEILLANCE sign hanging from the back, which would move most thieves along, I think.

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[sailbadthesinner]

i posted an answer in the wrongplace it is here
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sorry

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[discovery2]

Yes. Just take your stainless steel cable and padlock with you, thread it through the dinghy painter ring and the mooring ring on the jetty.

David

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[bob_tyler]

Don't give away the boat it belongs to under any circumstances.

Comply with the Insurance Co request carved into the transom (keep a photo) then cover it over completely with a totally different name on a screwed on nameboard.

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[LadyInBed]

Re: Names

You could always put your name & phone # on the tender.

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[colvic]

Not much of a holiday for two of you, is it, when one has to stay on board. Shopping gets a bit heavy and when alone on board the Rum seems to just evaporate away.


Phil

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[snowleopard]

re locking to a jetty, absolutely. in the caribbean the motto is 'lock it or lose it' we religiously locked ours to jetties or even round palm trees on the beach. 90% of thefts reported were people who hadn't bothered to lock them. Afew were lost when flimsy wire painters were cut but most thieves don't carry bolt cutters.

it's imortant to have a wire long enough to reach the jetty when there are lots of dinghies at the dock. 5m of wire beyond the bow is about right.

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[duncan]

put it on the inside of the transom and cover when on beach........note any serious tleaves will be the ones with the bins looking at people rowing/motoring in from their nice looking boats anyway /forums/images/icons/cool.gif

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[yoda]

Somewhere I have seen a simple device that fits onto the dinghy floor. Once installed it enables you to effectively put a chain right through the middle of the boat. To remove it would require the thief to ruin the dinghy. Sorry to be vague but it may jog a memory for somebody.

Yoda

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[longjohnsilver]

It was made by someone in Exmouth, saw a review about 10 years ago, not seen hide nor hair of the product since.

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[rich]

a valve housing thru the floor with valve removed just screw the top back.

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[richardandtracy]

My preferred method of security is the "Lada" effect. It has three main parts:-
1) Make it look so scruffy that no-one would want to steal it.
2) Make sure it looks so naff that only a fool would steal it.
3) Do something to it so that it looks so dangerous that thieves seriously think they'll kill themselves if they stole it.

Add distinctiveness to the recipe (like an odd paint scheme) too.

This worked brilliantly for 6 months in a car theft hot spot. I had a 2CV where the locks had been superglued, so for 6 months it was left unlocked. No-one stole it, or even opened it. Finally I dealt with the locks and, 10 years on, still have the car.
A similar thing ocurred with a Reliant Robin in the same area - for 2 months (after it had been rolled on its roof & the drivers door handle pushed through the bodywork - meaning that the door couldn't be locked), no one stole it. I was furious because I hated the thing!

Regards

Richard


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[andy_wilson]

Any inflatable repairer would be able to let a sleeve into an opening in the floor. The sleeve is held above the waterline with a bit of bungy, and a chain can be passed through it, under the water if afloat, and secured to something large and heavy.

Commercial RIBS have a similar arrangement on the tramsom for rapid clearing of flooding. In this case the sleeve is on the outside of the transom.

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