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So I guess I'm looking for some advice. I am traveling down i95 to go to South Carolina and have to stop for a wedding in VA on the way down. We are staying the night in a hotel and I'm worried about my kayak being secure. 
 

I usually run two steel cables through the scupper holes and put a lock on each one. I feel comfortable with this set up when I need to stop real quick and what not but not overnight at a hotel. Am I just over worrying about this? Is there a better way of doing it that would make it much more difficult to remove the chains? 

 

Only other thing is to try to bring it inside hotel but I know they probably wouldn't be too happy about that. 

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Driven from Maine to Keys with kayaks and never worried about theft. Thieves want something easy and quick and stealing a kayak does not strike me as either. Add a steel cable to the equation and you have ups the odds even more that they are going to pass . They can probably steal you catalytic convertor faster and less conspicuously than your kayak. 

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I think a kayak is more at risk in an area where people expect them, know the value and have tools to cut the security. So that's not a random motel parking lot. I have friends who were sleeping in a tent near their car in a PA state park near the Lehigh River and woke up to find the straps cut and the boats gone. 

 

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4 mins ago, gellfex said:

I think a kayak is more at risk in an area where people expect them, know the value and have tools to cut the security. So that's not a random motel parking lot. I have friends who were sleeping in a tent near their car in a PA state park near the Lehigh River and woke up to find the straps cut and the boats gone. 

 

 

Hickory Run? 

You know it must be a penguin bound down if you hear that terrible screaming and there ain't no other birds around. 

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7 hours ago, connman said:

Driven from Maine to Keys with kayaks and never worried about theft. Thieves want something easy and quick and stealing a kayak does not strike me as either. Add a steel cable to the equation and you have ups the odds even more that they are going to pass . They can probably steal you catalytic convertor faster and less conspicuously than your kayak. 

Yeah that's true a kayak is definitely going to be cumbersome. I'm probably just overthinking it lol. Rbs me 

 

6 hours ago, gellfex said:

I think a kayak is more at risk in an area where people expect them, know the value and have tools to cut the security. So that's not a random motel parking lot. I have friends who were sleeping in a tent near their car in a PA state park near the Lehigh River and woke up to find the straps cut and the boats gone. 

 

Yeah that makes sense. I guess it would have to be the perfect storm for someone to get it.

 

also that sucks or your friend. People just suck sometimes. 

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The perfect storm is a drunk kayak seeking BillyBob in a pickup, lol. Park near the office / camera if it looks sketchy.
 When I camped, a can of pennies balanced on top of the yak was my theft alarm.

Tis better to remain silent and thought the fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

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On 4/5/2022 at 6:31 AM, ATBfish said:

Thanks for the recommendations guys. I think leaving it chained up with one of the cheap motion sensors or a can of Pennie's will be the way to go. Appreciate all the input. 

 

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