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Posted by member Mike Hatch on Sunday 4 July 2010

I am not sure about my number no. it's 223 something I think, any way, Anyway we had a brand new Waveline dinghy stolen still in the wrapping from our lockers two years ago. Don't think you can make it completely safe, just more difficult and identifiable. so you can at least get the 'tea leaf' caught perhaps. Mark it/ record the serial no. and type/ and keep it all locked up. We have a new one now very cheap, kept inside the boat, and our twin petrol tanks are chained together with chain fed into one of the lockers and fixed and bolted inside where the main bettery switch is now mounted. The lockers are also padlocked/ hinged so you have to unlock and lift them up to get at the inside and before you can switch the batteries on. It won't stop a determined thief with a bolt cutter but he/she will have to work and plan a bit more and carry more tools with him and put him off a bit. Mike Hatch (Greece Ionian Vassiliki)

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