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/ ***************************************************************************
My $0.02 on cable locks for kayaks and cars: For those who, like me, are both "motivationally challenged" and cheapskates, there's a nice way to acquire the equivalent of the Surelock cables. In fact I'm pretty sure I first read of it in this mailing list - and then I actually went out and did it! Amazing. I measured out the length of cable I'd need, went to my trusty local hardware store and bought the cable (steel, sheathed in heavy plastic) and a couple of heavy aluminum sleeves and also a padlock. At home, it was easy to form loops at the ends of my cable and crimp them in place using the aluminum sleeves (I used a vise to crimp the sleeves, but a heavy hammer would do just as well). Total cost was something like $8, total "construction time" was about 5 minutes. Trip to the hardware store - another 15 minutes. My thanks to whichever Paddlewiser first suggested this. - Bill Hansen *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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