Torqeedo electric outboard, making it less easy to nick!

[RupertW]

These outboards are not very heavy to move around (especially as the battery detaches). In our marina people keep their electric outboards locked inside the boat when theyr away, and only mount them for use.

Wow. We put the battery and tiller inside but the motor has sat padlocked on the push pit for the last 7 years.

 

[bergie]

Wow. We put the battery and tiller inside but the motor has sat padlocked on the push pit for the last 7 years.

The level or paranoia here might be explained by the fact that some years ago one night somebody stole all outboards from the marina. That said, we keep our ICE outboard padlocked to the pushpit.

 

[Bouba]

I have just bought an expensive Torqeedo 1103C and I want to try and make it less easy to steal it from my dinghy or from the pushpit. I'm not thinking of the determined thief, who will usually get what he wants, but just of the opportunist scrote.

I'd be interested to know what means other owners use.

My aluminium hulled dinghy has a place to attach a security wire (or thin chain) which I then put around the battery handle. It’s only a very thin bike, plastic covered wire with a small padlock. Like you I go by the old adage, ‘it keeps an honest man honest, you can’t keep a thief out’

 

[Tim Good]

We have a Torqeedo 1103c also. Couple of things after having it for 2 years now.

1. We have plastic coated ABUS cable through the battery handle that locks to the dingy or the pushpit.
2. We remove the battery when its mounted on the pushpit most of the time since its so easy. Why leave it there.
3. If we leave the dingy for a long while ashore we remove the battery and hide it in bush.
4. I hear that in the Caribbean, South America and Asia that people don't steel electric outboards since there is no local market for them.

Below. Left the dingy for a day and a night on La Gomera. Battery hidden in bush close by.

 

[Taliesin]

Nestaway Boats do a security cover that fits over the clamp handles to prevent the outboard being removed from the boat. A wire threaded through the battery handle and the battery lock pin once padlocked prevents the battery lock pin from being withdrawn. None of it is foolproof but it all deters the casual thief, regards Rob