In a message dated 10/26/1999 1:47:32 PM Central Daylight Time, Sandykayak_at_aol.com writes: > FWIW, a local outfitter advised me to put a padlock on the Surelock. Can't > remember exactly why, but a padlock I bought. > > Sandy Kramer > I also often use a Surelock cable system, and I usually padlock the loop inside the car door to a convenient metal loop on the frame that's part of the rear seat belt system. That way, if someone breaks into the car, they can't then detach the Surelock setup (unless they have a good cable cutter). In addition, I sometimes use a second cable lock running from the kayak seat to one of the Yakima bars. Nothing is totally safe, but the name of the game is to make your boat harder to swipe than the next poor guy's, who didn't go to all the trouble. It's like that joke I think we had a while back to the effect that you don't have to be able to paddle faster than a polar bear can swim, you just have to be able to paddle faster than the others in your party. -Andy Knapp Minneapolis No polar bear weather yet. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 06:37:47 PDT
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