----- Original Message ----- From: "TomL" <tletourn_at_maine.rr.com> > My wife told me to 1) buy core locks for my Yakima racks, then 2) buy a > twelve foot cable, run it through the seats and lock it to the racks. I > trust her advice, but I wanted to ask if anybody else out there has > additional words of wisdom. Sure, I know enough not to leave the boat > unwatched for very long (under any circumstances). Also, no method is bound > to thwart determined thieves. But anything I can do to slow down or > discourage the "enemy" is worth considering. Locking racks can be stolen just as easily. I had someone steal just the rear rack of my Thule set and had the core locks. For more security, get something like the Surelock from Boulter of Earth that has the cable go into your car through the door (close it, of course!). It has a sliding device that will slide only in one direction. That you snug up on the inside of the door so that it cannot slide further. Wrap it around the seat or some other good sturdy attachment. When travelling with a folding kayak assembled on a car roof, I wrap that cable around a cross rib. If someone is that good that she can climb on top of the car and disassemble the foldable and leave just that crossrib, she can have it! :-) ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 30 2002 - 14:36:11 PDT
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