Sailing Clubs had their outboards stolen?

I have heard that an organised gang is going around stealing outboards. Any
clubs suffered? Any solutions?

We haven't been targeted this time round, so far, but we went through a spell a few years back of the occasional theft, break in etc. This made us invest in an alarm, decent locks etc, and we were fortunate in having a couple of members who were handy metalworking types we built us very secure doors with hardened locks/housing for the boatsheds. They also built us a couple of very secure and hidden areas where we locate the few relatively valuable items left at the club from week to week. We've also encouraged use of the club during the week by various associated (and trusted) groups, such as scouts, so that the club is rarely without a trusted person present. But club security can be a real issue unfortunately given the location and nature of where typical sailing club premises are.


Edited by Late starter

We're fairly lucky at out club (not saying which) because we have a small(ish) island in the middle with a small bay. So we store the committee boat and the
rescue boats over there. Which means they're out of sight of any passers by or thieves who break onto the club premises. And to get the boats we have a
small rowing boat to get across which is too pathetic for the thieves to steal!!!

Edited by elessar