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I've never had a problem worrying about my tender our outboard being stolen. Why? I've exclusively owned and used some really sorry looking tenders and outboards. The outboards I've used were on their last legs, and never lasted very long (one was found in a grassy field where it lay for years) and so usually I row.
More recently I am sporting an expensive tender, but since it's a bright orange portland pudgy, nobody is going to steal it.
With 2 kids soon to be in the tender, precious rowing space is being taken up by the crumb snatchers and so I soon may be using an outboard on my tender, and I may even end up buying a boat that comes with a (more theft prone) RIB.
How do you theft proof your tender and outboard? Paint it pink? Bolt it to the driftwood on shore? Surround it with caltrops to discourage barefooted bandits?
MedSailor
More recently I am sporting an expensive tender, but since it's a bright orange portland pudgy, nobody is going to steal it.
With 2 kids soon to be in the tender, precious rowing space is being taken up by the crumb snatchers and so I soon may be using an outboard on my tender, and I may even end up buying a boat that comes with a (more theft prone) RIB.
How do you theft proof your tender and outboard? Paint it pink? Bolt it to the driftwood on shore? Surround it with caltrops to discourage barefooted bandits?
MedSailor