At 09:03 AM 6/20/03 -0500, Keith Wrage wrote: >Looking for some advice in terms of locking kayaks to a vehicle or trailer >- for times like overnight at motels, restaurants, etc. The two boats I'm >interested in locking up are a CD Storm and a CD Gulfstream. I don't >believe that either have a security loop or fitting of any kind. > >My roof rack does not lock to my vehicle - so I need to lock the boats to >the vehicle in some way - not just to the rack. > >Maybe running a cable under the seat or through the sides of the seat is >enough - although I suppose I persistent thief could cut through the >support or remove the seat bolts. > >I saw a cable system that didn't use a lock - a cable that you simply pull >inside the car and close a door (a sliding fitting of sorts is on the end >and doesn't permit pulling cable out of the car). Kind of a neat idea I guess. I've heard of some people using something like that and using "The Club" on the cockpit rim to secure the cable to the kayak. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 20 2003 - 07:31:27 PDT
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