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yeah must admit currently we have the boat in the garage all the time, but thats cause its such nice wood finnish so cant leave it out in winter. Oh act thinkin bout it we have 2 boats here at the moment.

We also keep the rib on the drive as it doesnt cost, we used to keep it in storage barn thing, but better this way. It jsut depends on what u are doing with the boat, if you do loads of circuit events at home wouldnt be too bad but only club events the club would be a better option.

>what about wheel clamps??

I'd say wheel clamps are only applicable for trailer sailor yachts/keelboats that are stored in towing mode and/or boats that only do circuit events and are therefore always on their road trailer with the mast down and packed ready for trailing.

It's a simple matter of risk - a boat that is packed ready to tow is going to be easier to steal because someone with a towbar can simply hitch it up and be away with it pretty easily.

A rigged dinghy is much harder to steal.

The simple answer is just to make sure you have insurance (be sure to read the small print though, because some policies do state that foils etc are not to be kept in the boat and others explicitly state the boat must be tethered to the ground in some way).