@#$%#%%$ thieves

Tom I am sorry to hear about your lost. But to all of the C-Dory out there the only way to keep those low life thiefs is to try to out smart them! When my boat first came home before I ever try to load it with toys , my first thing was to install an alarm. It is a high quality alarm . It won't even let me lower the trailer hitch on my own truck without first disarming they alarm. Forget about trying to get inside the boat , or any where on the boat . Also all my equipments , gps ,vhf, radar screen, electric down riggers, radio AM FM CD are all mounted so you need about at least 15 to 1/2 hour to remove them even if you can figure how to? Gary SEARAM
 
I was concerned about theft when I installed by radar dome also. I located and found special stainless steel security bolts that need a special keyed allen key type wrench to undue and have a carriage bolt type head so you can't get a vise grip on them either. I also have double lock nuts on the inside so the house bolts would just turn if a thief came up with the right wrench. Oh, and by the way, the fasteners are metric to boot. The thinking was to make it secure, kind of like the wheel locks on cars. Some may say that this would do more damage to the boat in a ripoff. But, the dome and mount would be destroyed too. On the inside I have a stainless steel 18" x 24" sheet laminated with 5200 to the underside of the house top. The bolts go through the sheet and the load is very well distributed as well. They would have to rip the house top off to get my dome.

I don't know what a camera would be good for other than getting a picture of the thief to hang on my wall. I also wouldn't want to confront a guy who might be preparred to shoot back or who is carrying a knife. The police might help depending on how busy they are. In NY this can be a half hour depending on which police department has jurisdiction.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Good Luck,

Pete in NY
 
Pete-

Lots of good ideas!

Many of our members have their domes mounted on radar arches which places both sides of the bolts on the outside instead of having the lower set inside the cabin.

Either way, more difficiult for the thief is better, but probably not 100% secure, espeially if the location is more remote and the time not too limited.

I've thought about putting a more secure set of locks on the cabin door before, but stopped when I thought it would just make them break the door apart into an unrepairable mess.

I've never had a break in, thank goodness. Our marina seems to be very safe, with security patrols, etc.

This points out the necessity of having insurance policies that include theft. Check your boat and homeowner's poilicies! Most require purchase receipts and/or photographs of the gear to reimburse you and have a dollar limit as well. Most of us have thousands of dollars of electronic, fishing, and other gear aboard that can be loaded up by a thief quite easily.

This is often a neglected area by the owner (me included) until it's too late!!!

Maybe we need a whole thread about SECURITY DEVICES, THEFT PREVENTION, AND BOAT CONTENTS INSURANCE COVERAGE ???

An especially good, relevant, and timely content for the slow winter months with time on our hands!

Joe.
 
There are many facets to security. Alarms, lights and motion detectors might be good ideas, but I'd concentrate more on removing the temptation.

If possible, expensive electronics should be disconnected, and brought indoors.

Also, purchasing a boat cover does wonders for reducing the "look at me" problem associated with a nice boat, with goodies hanging all over it. And you get the additional benefit of more protection from the elements.

Take a look at this pic - it looks far less inviting than this one, no?

And if you combine a cover with a remote alarm and IR motion sensor underneath, false alarms would pretty much be nil - nothing would set it off unless it happened under the cover.
 
All good replys and ideas. I am insured for the thief of the dome but I don't care, I hate thieves and want to catch the sobs. I work way to hard driving a mixer to have my stuff stolen. in washington state we have the highest car thief numbers in the country, why? because our legal system does not give out jail time until you have been busted 8 times. and minors almost never get jail time. If thats the case with car thief then why would the a-holes even be worried about stealing my stuff. The police did not even bother finger printing the boat yet.

dodge ram can you send me the info on the alarm you have? I will be getting a alarm, camera, hot wire on the fence, siren, and I have no problems with "confronting" some one on my property, I am the guy with the knife and gun. I almost feel trapped in my home. If I go to work today will my stuff be here when i get back? its really pissing me off.
 
Tom, Sorry about your loss. Will talk at the boat show/gathering. Maybe my time in and around the EOD guys could come in handy....if you have no children or nosey neighbors.
 
If you put a bullet in his butt, then he would be the victim and you would be in jail. Than he would sue you and with today's juries he would own your house and the C-Dory. He would be fishing and you would be sitting behind bars.

C-Otter
 
Yeah, but if you missed his butt and hit him in the head, he wouldn't sue you, or get your C-Dory and you'd feel a lot better in jail...

So wouold I... (feel better that is....) :twisted: :twisted:

Charlie
 
Tom I will email my info on what i did . I use too, with all of my other boats, to come home after spending my day fishing or cruising , then proceed to empty tackle boxs, radio , gps , two electric down riggers , net ...... Just because these low life bums might come in my boat and steel all my precious cargo! Sorry but It was taking all the pleasure of my favorite pastime 3 to 4 time a week. Life is to short to have those loosers to get me to spend 1 hour or so to unload my boat after each trip. It take me a good hour just cleaning my C-Dory. Forget about taking all the seats, fittings, gps , radar , wallas stove , carpets ect. With this alarm I put together ,and the way I secured all my equipments, they will have to steal the boat . Gary SEARAM
 
thanks gary , i have been on the net and going to car alarm places all day to see whats out there. iam looking at a combo of wireless cameras and motion detectors with sirens. also mercery switchs for moving the boat. by the time Iam done I should get a email that the guy got shoot and have clear photos of the impact.

dont worry about disposal, I know a pig farmer.

My father once built (in the 70s) a alarm for my grand fathers store. I was made up of a door switch with a delay that trigger a landing light from a dc-9 and a old fire siren. the light only came on for 1 second then shut off. Nothing better then blind and deaf.
 
So this got me thinking about my Radar unit and how easy it would be to steal. There's 4 bolts attaching it to the radar arch. I'm wondering if there are any bolts with odd size/shapes I could replace the originals just to make it difficult? What about a spot weld on the nut/bolt? Can you spot weld stainless steel? Any ideas?
 
My 19 year old daughter in the last month had her car radio jacked (The Face Plate Was Not On). Two weeks later her wheels and tires jacked.

$500 deductible which puts it beyond reporting.

The sad thing is people fence stolen stuff for pennies on the dollar.

The flip side is NEVER buy stolen property. If there were no greedy buyers there would be no value in stealing.
 
Pete in NY":25cuzp6d said:
http://www.hudsonfasteners.com/security.htm?gclid=CPvqxdmG_4ECFRteOAodIGeMRA
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I just noticed that they only sell to businesses to protect the security aspect. I guess I'll have to look at other websites.
 
Tom,
I put a marine alarm on my other boat after having one stolen out of my driveway 3 years ago in the middle of the day. This company is set up for marine installations and the back up service has been excellent. The email address for the owner is imceachern@silvertipmarine.com He will probably be at the SBS. This is an excellent system. Send him a e-mail to confirm. Good luck. Jimbo
 
Jimbo":2iwxiq2d said:
Tom,
I put a marine alarm on my other boat after having one stolen out of my driveway 3 years ago in the middle of the day. This company is set up for marine installations and the back up service has been excellent. The email address for the owner is imceachern@silvertipmarine.com He will probably be at the SBS. This is an excellent system. Send him a e-mail to confirm. Good luck. Jimbo
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I looked at their website and it looks expensive. Is it?
 
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