Since my bloats been stolen, for the second time, I would like to discuss this thorny topic, again.
I think they decided to pinch it, because - they could see it from the road - and, it was 50m, far enough from our house, to probably not be heard or seen during the middle of the night.
Obviously, it should not be visible from the road. I see a surprising number of boats visible from the road, but probably very few that are away from the house.
They got through two anti-theft things -
- hitch helmet on the tow coupling - the padlock on this, the shank was inside the helmet itself - cant see how it could be cut by bolt cutter. Anyone got ideas?
- and a hardened steel chain through trailer frame and a shed pile. The weak point presumably was the padlock - a Masterlock, not sure how hard the shank is. They cut it, looks like bolt cutter. Ill be trying to figure out how to get a padlock that cant be cut by bolt cutter. Any ideas?
Im also thinking of other measures - some kind of sensor that alarms, and a gps tracker. I had a gps tracker, for a year; but it failed, and I didn't bother replacing it. Kicking myself now.
That's it for now. lot of water to go under the bridge before I get another boat.