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dasreboot
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Initially Posted - 03/26/2016 : 14:43:31

I launched this morning near high tide, and moved around the ramp dock to get out of the way of a Macgregor changing out trailers. I started to put the battery furl tank and rudder back on when
I noticed that i left the cabin keys at home. Had to go back and get them. when I came back, she was resting in the mud. Guess I have to go back at 9pm when the tide comes back in!

Todd Lewis
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glivs
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Response Posted - 03/26/2016 : 16:51:02

. There's good reason most sailors have a sense of humor. I wonder how many of us have forgotten our keys on launch day at least once? Now when I start spring cleanup I put a cabin key on my car key-ring. Enjoy your season.....we're still 6 weeks away before our mooring field will be open.

Gerry Livingston, Malletts Bay, VT
"Great Escape" 1989 C-25 SR/WK #5972

sethp001
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Response Posted - 03/26/2016 : 18:03:23

I've done it. Boat is an hour from home. So there, back, and there again makes for three hours of driving. Is there a good reason rum is associated with sailors?

Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
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Response Posted - 03/26/2016 : 21:11:00

I forgot my keys or drove the wrong car so many time that I bought bronze combination lock. It took me years to figure out the simple solution. I have keys for the two lockers on most of my key rings, but I also leave a set tucked away on the boat. My super gaff was towing Pearl 3.5 hours up to Erie for launch and discovering that the fuel tanks I cleaned over the winter were still in my garage.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle

redeye
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Response Posted - 03/27/2016 : 11:54:48

<< bronze combination lock >>

Same here. Much prefer it to keeping keys.

Now I just have to remember my glasses!

Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
"Lee Key" '84 Catalina 25
Standard Rig / Fin Keel

Edited by - redeye on 03/27/2016 12:00:05

TCurran
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Response Posted - 03/27/2016 : 15:56:38

Redeye...yup...hahaha

Tom Curran
1981 Capri 25 Hull #101 "Dirty Debbie"
1988 Watkins 30
PAFB, FL

wanderer13
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Response Posted - 03/27/2016 : 16:31:05

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Originally posted by redeye

<< bronze combination lock >>

Same here. Much prefer it to keeping keys.

Now I just have to remember my glasses!

I forgot my key one time. Borrowed a pair of bolt cutters from the yard, then bought a combo lock as a replacement.

1981 Catalina 25 FK/TR

zeil
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Response Posted - 03/27/2016 : 17:52:03

Kept a hacksaw in the cockpit coaming and used it several times

Henk & Johanna
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 03/27/2016 : 19:22:42

Resetable combos, one of my favorite for dock boxes...

Frank Hopper

DavidBuoy
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Response Posted - 03/28/2016 : 04:42:17

Yep, I switched to a combo after doing that a few times. Plus I give the combo to our dock neighbors who can open it for any reason if need be.

Captain Rob & Admiral Alyson
"David Buoy"-1985 C25 SK/SR #5053

dasreboot
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Response Posted - 03/28/2016 : 04:53:31

funny thing is marina office used to have keys, but I lost my copy, so theirs was at my home. I cant get a copy made for this lock. I'll have to get new locks! BTW I came back at 7 and she was floating. Very rough ride for the 200 yards or so to the slip.

Todd Lewis
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ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/29/2016 : 18:59:54

1-0-0-1. This is the default combo. Incredible how many folks leave it as is.

Bruce Ross
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Port Captain � Milford, CT

Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/30/2016 : 16:37:10

Also watched a demo on YouTube on how to defeat most padlocks. Get two crowbars and place them inside the two sides of inverted U of the lock. Pry outward. Bah-dah-bing! No more lock!

Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

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islander
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Response Posted - 03/31/2016 : 06:06:26

Ha Ha, What if you forget your two crow bars at home?

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound

Dave5041
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Response Posted - 03/31/2016 : 06:46:39

I think bolt cutters are easier.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle

islander
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Response Posted - 04/01/2016 : 09:31:58

I've wondered if its really a good idea to even lock the boat. I mean really, Is a lock that is screwed into the teak really going to keep someone out? That hasp is no match against a screwdriver or pry bar so in the end you end up with a boat thats been robbed and busted up teak boards and trim. Really not much of a deterrent to someone who wants to get into your boat. We always left the trucks in the yard at work unlocked just so the thieves wouldn't break the windows.

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound

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Response Posted - 04/01/2016 : 09:56:12

quote:
Originally posted by islander

I've wondered if its really a good idea to even lock the boat. I mean really, Is a lock that is screwed into the teak really going to keep someone out? That hasp is no match against a screwdriver or pry bar so in the end you end up with a boat thats been robbed and busted up teak boards and trim. Really not much of a deterrent to someone who wants to get into your boat. We always left the trucks in the yard at work unlocked just so the thieves wouldn't break the windows.

I didn't lock my C25 and don't lock my Cal 25, based on the same reasoning as you. I don't leave much of value on them. I do lock my C&C 35, because, living aboard it all summer, I have lots of electronics and other goodies on it that I'd hate to lose.

Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
Past Commodore

dasreboot
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Response Posted - 04/01/2016 : 10:08:41

quote:
Originally posted by islander

I've wondered if its really a good idea to even lock the boat. I mean really,

Just trying to keep the honest people honest!

Todd Lewis
Eowyn 87 TR/WK C25 #5656
ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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islander
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Response Posted - 04/01/2016 : 10:23:43

Don't get me wrong because I also lock the boat just because I suppose if it ever did get broken into the insurance company would want to know if it was locked. I just don't think that someone with the intent to break into boats is going to look at that flimsy lock and hasp and shrug his shoulders then go home. I rely more on the fact that there are far better targets slipped next to me.

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound

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Response Posted - 04/01/2016 : 13:25:43

I figured that in a marina, somebody looking for a boat to break into would be looking for one where he could do it without making a ruckus--even prying a hasp off a teak frame. Thus, a visible lock might make him keep walking--maybe to your boat.

(My lock was small enough that it probably could have been cut with large tin-snips.)

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Dave5041
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Response Posted - 04/01/2016 : 14:22:16

Deterrent in that it encourages them to look for an unlocked boat. Mine is through bolted with machine screws and nuts, but it still wouldn't slow down a real theif as opposed to an opportunist thief.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle

Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 04/02/2016 : 08:07:34

quote:
Originally posted by Dave5041

Deterrent in that it encourages them to look for an unlocked boat. Mine is through bolted with machine screws and nuts, but it still wouldn't slow down a real theif as opposed to an opportunist thief.

The REAL thief is going to break into the Hinckley down the dock--not a 1982 Catalina 25 whose owner can't even afford a proper alarm system.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Sailynn
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Response Posted - 05/07/2016 : 19:40:54

in the old days at our equipment storage area thiefs used Freon cans sprayed on locks and then whacked the locks with a hammer. it worked accept they would just toss the cans with their fingerprints on them. dumb crooks!

Lynn Buchanan
1988 C25 SR/WK #5777
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Nevada City, CA

John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/16/2016 : 09:28:39

I have a universal key in my fuel locker. Also known as bolt cutters.

That's actually not the worst thong to lave at home. A few years ago, while hanging on the Travelift, the lift operator said to me: "So, ya got a rudder there, Captain?" Of course I had a rudder, it was in my basement 60 miles away. They were kind enough not to laugh until after I motored away, steering with the outboard.

John Russell
1999 C250 SR/WK #410
Bay Village, Ohio
Sailing Lake Erie
Don't Postpone Joy!

Edited by - John Russell on 05/16/2016 09:34:27

islander
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Response Posted - 05/16/2016 : 12:54:23

That's funny, my moto in those situations is to act as if you planned it then hit yourself in the head later when nobody's looking!

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound

Digger
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Response Posted - 05/18/2016 : 02:19:29

I lock my wash boards with a very simple combination lock. The cockpit lockers are left without locks. I am relying on the notion that there are many prettier and fancier boats in the marins. So far it has worked.

Steve Digby
1983 Catalina 25
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