I don't know if there is anything you can actually do to thief proof your kayaks. I figure the best I can do is to try and make it as inconvenient as hell for the thief to take my boats. Since I had my favorite boat stolen some time back I have started storing my boats without the hatch covers, which are locked up inside. I figure that if the boat is stolen it will not be really useful with two gaping holes in the deck. And I would hope that I could contact the local dealers to be on the lookout for anyone looking to buy hatch covers for the particular make and model of boat in question. Hopefully I will never have to put this method to the test. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
The best theft proof method of safekeeping your kayak in car transit is to have it inside your trunk out of sight. I know of only one theft of a folding kayak from inside a car. It happened about a dozen years ago. The fellow had a VW Westphalia bus parked on a Greenwich Village NYC street and left his Feathercraft K-1 bag in plain sight inside the passenger area. The thief was going after an interesting looking bag, not a kayak. I bet it wound up being tossed a few blocks later. ralph diaz *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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