Boat Security for Home Storage

[shaungonemad]

Ask what your insurance requires to pay a claim

it’s not chains or wire ropes and padlocks
thats the first priority and anything else is a bonus

where are you planning to store it ?
Garaged or beyond locked gates

I had a boat insured with club marine, it stated that it had to be a manufactured security device not just a chain and padlock.


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[Splash]

where are you planning to store it ?
Garaged or beyond locked gates

Behind locked gates in backyard.

[Splash]

I had a boat insured with club marine, it stated that it had to be a manufactured security device not just a chain and padlock.

Yes, excellent point. Thanks

[stevej]

I’ll try to find the document that club marine sent me but basically it was wheel clamp and hitch helmet at a minimum

there is a thread here somewhere when they announced the changes
when I emailed them they said they’re hated it wheel clamped at the boat ramp too

[NAGG]

Depending on how often you use your boat - jack it up & remove the wheels (2) - add a couple of lock nuts

As has been mentioned - if they want your boat ..... they will get it .

all you can do is make it difficult & time consuming ........ hitch locks , wheel clamps , cameras , bollards , chains , - that will deter 99% of thieves

As for trailers - try to back your trailer up to a fence , post , tree etc - that makes it harder ( unless they smash your car window & move the car)

Chris

[Greg P]

At home I’m lucky that I can pass the boat through the back yard via the garage and have no side access. If I had to leave the boat at the side of the house I would be investing in these as well on the concrete slab.

https://www.safetyxpress.com.au/bollards-removable/

[tunaticer]

A few years ago I saw a removably bollard that also received the tow hitch...good visual deterrent but still relying on one lock.

I think convictions and penalties need to be much more aggressive to curb the thefts and damages.

Sterilization for anyone being caught a second time would be good too....we definitely do not want them breeding the next generation of thieves.

[ranmar850]

i work closely with BC funny enough was only having this conversation on thursday.

i recomend purple line products for locks "they are good locks for one but they are big and obvious painted in bright orange" often tthe thought of something being just not worth it to a criminal is a more secure option.

for tracking i recomend spot trace with the 12v power supply cable connected to the break booster battery. i can tell you where we mount these usually in PM if you like" these work on satelites as aposed to just GSM signal. so no matter where they take the boat you can track it, as well as geofencing etc. can also set off alarms to your phone etc.

Moose

I was looking into these, and battery life varies as to how much of the sky it can "see" . can it "see" the sky through sheet metal? - I would have thought not. Or a fibreglass hardtop/deck? ? I would think that there will be a conflict between mounting it to conceal as much as possible, and actually have it communicating reliably with the satellite constellation? Are the satellites it uses geostationary, or in orbit?

[tunaticer]

Currently designing a drop in locked bollard and trailer hitch lock....integral as one unit, 1 lock for the whole assembly.
Bollard mount to be concreted into place.
Anyone interested in something like this?

[ranmar850]

Removable bollards are quite cheap to buy nowadays, cost obviously will vary with security method, but even the worst of them, using a good ( not accessible with bolt cutters) padlock will make the whole process a major effort involving an angle grinder and a lot of noise. Just google "drop in locked bollards." Or look at a retractable --more dollars but more security, integral locking, flush when retracted.

[tunaticer]

I am looking at 1 locking pin, similar to a locking hitch pin that will lock the bollard and the safety helmet.
The trailer hitch mounts to the top of the bollard, then a hitch locking cap covers the hitch making it impossible to remove the trailer from the bollard.
The locking pin will be enclosed inside collars.

[Dignity]

I'd be interested except for 1 little thing. I never manage to reverse the boat into exactly the same spot and as there is 1.5t or so it ain't being easily manoverable into the bollard.
To get into my carport I have to drop the bimini and as it is fairly weighty being of SS with rocket launcher there is a bit of process involved to get it out, probably why no one has tried, yet.

[ranmar850]

Yes, it might be a wrestle to get a 2.5 tonne (or more) tandem into exactly the same spot if you need to have the reciever drop onto a precise fit. I'm always exactly in the same spot, fore and aft, as I back against a block, but not always the same across, within about 100mm. But, of course, it's pretty hard to push a heavy tandem across. So you would need to build in some way of not needing it to be in exactly the same place every time.
With a retractable bollard, just off-centre it a bit so it comes up beside the drawbar, behind the hitch a bit. Put a good hitch lock on it as well, that is two separate devices they have to defeat.

[chris69]

What happened to chaining a hungry Doberman to the front of the trailer.

[ranmar850]

Someone fed the doberman sausages then stole the boat