Security/safety measures

   Dog tethers make good tie down points if your boat is parked on earth/grass.
They are a steel corkscrew about 18" long with an eye at the top. Designed to be screwed into the ground to tie the mutts lead to when camping/picnicking etc. One either side of the boat with a rope over the top of the boat is really very secure.
You can get them for a few pounds in most high st pet shops.

Edited by iwsmithuk

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iwsmithuk Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 28 Apr 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 141	Post Options Post Reply Quote iwsmithuk Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Security/safety measures Posted: 04 Jan 08 at 2:23pm
	Dog tethers make good tie down points if your boat is parked on earth/grass. They are a steel corkscrew about 18" long with an eye at the top. Designed to be screwed into the ground to tie the mutts lead to when camping/picnicking etc. One either side of the boat with a rope over the top of the boat is really very secure. You can get them for a few pounds in most high st pet shops. Edited by iwsmithuk

Scooby_simon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 02 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2415	Post Options Post Reply Quote Scooby_simon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 08 at 1:42pm
	1, tie the boat down to at least two secure tiedown points. 2, what do other owners do? I’ve a lock on my trailer that makes it impossible to take away. 3, As for the trolley, if you are really worried about it. Get some old rigging wire with a look in each end (chandler can do this) and then thread the wire thru the tie down eye, around / thru the trolley and then padlock together.
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alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 08 at 1:42pm
	surely there's no electrics permanent on the trailer? Try and see if you can convert the tow hitch to be removable, or fit a lock to that. Many clubs insist on this if you're keeping the road trailer in the dinghy park- after all, your boat may well not be the most valuable! If the club allows it, and the ground is suitable, I'd advise creating secure tie down points either side of your boat. Especially with a cat- you need to tie that thing down. It's less to protect your own boat- more to protect the ones next to you, as you say. Try getting a length of heavy chain, and bury most of it as deep as you can, it's what we use. If you can't dig, I'd go with breeze blocks rather than stakes. Make sure you get old style ones rather than the fancy new enviromentally friendly ones which are a third of the density...

Adam.s Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 28 Aug 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote Adam.s Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 08 at 1:19pm
	Firstly i would check with the club whether or not they will allow you to keep the trailor under your boat, as i no some don't. Also the club may have a trailor compound ? If you do decide to store it with your boat i would say remove the wheels and you can buy devices that go in the toe ball hole on the trailer, which lock in and prevent the trailer being hitched. As for the boat being blown over i would say there is less chance of this happening if the boat is on the trailer as they are very heavy, and even less chance if you remove the wheels as it puts the boat closer to the ground.

Jaycb Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 09 Mar 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jaycb Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 08 at 12:45pm
	I'm about to purchase a Dart 15 catamaran and hope to keep it at a nearby sailing club. I've got a couple of concerns though. The boat has a launching trolley plus trailer and ideally I'd store the road trailer at home and just keep the trolley at the club site, but I can't as I've nowhere to put it. So, I've got to leave the trailer/trolley/boat all together at the club, and this is what worries me; firstly I can't help thinking that it'll make a convenient little easy-to-nick package should theives target the club (i think it has a locked gate but I'd rather not rely on that alone) and secondly I can't help worrying that if we had any serious wind there might be a risk of the whole lot blowing over or into someone elses boat. So, does anyone have any suggestions on how to make things secure and safe? I was wondering about getting some heavy duty stakes to tie things down to and maybe a wheel-clamp. Alternatively, someone suggested I remove the road wheels/electrics from the trailer and keep them in the boot of the car or my back yard. Any advice gratefully received. Cheers.
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