T&T: Security on the loop

[Frank Burrows]

I think it is a good idea to lock the boat at night and anytime you are 
not aboard. I can recall three incidents. The first was someone came 
aboard my old boat and decided to discharge the fire extinguisher in the 
cockpit. A small padlock kept them out of the cabin where the clean up 
would have been a lot harder.

On the Rideau we had to dock right next to a bar one night. It was not a 
good place but the only thing available that night. At 1AM this guy gets 
on the boat and is walking around. Turned out he wanted a friend to take 
his picture from the dock while he was aboard. Another incident was 
another drunk who was sitting up on the bridge in my home marina at 3 AM 
while I was aboard.

None of these posed a real threat, although at the time you are never 
sure. We take our boats for granted but they are a real attraction for 
non boaters especially ones whose consumption of adult beverages or 
other stuff has liberated them of their common sense.

Frank Burrows Chesapeake Bay 43 viking

Ross Lappin wrote:
>  I am interested in other listees experiences with security as you travel to
> various locations on the loop.  Do you lock up whenever you go to bed?  Do you
> cable and lock your lines to the dock at night?  Do you bother to lock up on
> an anchoring or mooring?