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 Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 08:51 PM
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BKT
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What would be the best way to secure a yak in the bed of a truck while staying at a hotel for a few days? A smallish chain through a scupper hole and tie down points on the truck?
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 09:09 PM
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christian myrick
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I use a long cable if i take my yak out of town. I weave it and wrap it and tangle it up as best as i can. Pluss i spiderweb rachet straps all over it too. At best is a pain in the rear for a theif.
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 09:30 PM
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Neumie
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If you're on the ground floor and have exterior doors I'd bring it into the room. If not, a long cable through the scuppers, reversing up against to hotel wall, and under a light is the next best thing.
"Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water." -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 09:36 PM
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marcus254
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id go with chain imo cables care easier to cut with bolt cutters
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 09:42 PM
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Neumie
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Bolt cutter to the padlock is even easier.
The goal with chains/cables is to keep honest people honest; a thief will take irregardless.
"Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water." -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 10:33 PM
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christian myrick
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Bolt cutter to the padlock is even easier.
The goal with chains/cables is to keep honest people honest; a thief will take irregardless. exactlly. Bas tards.
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 11:20 PM
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9mm 
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/20/14 11:40 PM
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/21/14 01:17 AM
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Bass Art
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Get a ground floor room, and bring your kayak into the room. If they won't give you a room on the ground floor, go to another hotel.
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/21/14 01:24 AM
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Jim Ford
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Use what 5wtflyfisher does and check your straps before driving off; sometimes when the thief sees that the cable will take too long to defeat, he/she will cut your straps and leave. Seen it before.....
The cable in those is harder to cut than a padlock. It can be done, but 98% of the thieves are not going to take that much time.
The only 100% effective deterrent to kayak theft is to stand guard on it 24/7.
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/21/14 01:49 AM
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If you're on the ground floor and have exterior doors I'd bring it into the room. If not, a long cable through the scuppers, reversing up against to hotel wall, and under a light is the next best thing. Get a ground floor room, and bring your kayak into the room. If they won't give you a room on the ground floor, go to another hotel. Have y'all ever had management or staff say anything about bringing the boat (boats in my case) into the room? I guess bolt cutters are better than a sawsall!! 
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/21/14 01:54 AM
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Bass Art
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I've never stayed at a hotel with a kayak(s). But I have stayed with the bass boat, and I took everything out of the boat that was removable and brought it in the room. EVERYTHING.
Artie
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/21/14 01:56 AM
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lconn4
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You might ask hotel front desk the best lighted place to park with security camera.
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Re: Best way to secure a yak?
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02/21/14 02:07 AM
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Well no outside doors and I don't think I could get them in the room even if they said "sure" so I guess it's a well lit place with cables and straps.
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