I have an old but good Landau 24' pontoon boat. Just finished a complete redecking, carpet, new DIY console and paint job on the rail panels. Looks good and will be even better when we get some striping material for the panels.
I ended up putting basically a new 2006 Yamaha 60 HP, 4 stroke, high thrust motor. It was used by a manufacturer on a prototype high end 42' toon who decided to go a different power route. The motor had only been in the water for less than 1 hour.
As I finished up the installation of the motor on the transome it dawned on me that it would be so easy to steal the motor. Four exposed bolts, the steering and power/control cables would probably take all of 5-10 minutes to remove and the crooks would make off with my motor.
Doing a search I found several products that are supposedly the cat's meyow in the security area. Some had bad ratings others I wonder about the efficientcy. Do any of you have any recommendations on securing the motor to the transom and the prop to the motor?
I just remembered a friend a few years ago secured his boat/trailer to a tree and it disappeared. His problem was he picked a small 4-5" diameter tree that the crooks just cut down. Moral of this story is to pick a very large tree next time with a huge chain and lock.
I ended up putting basically a new 2006 Yamaha 60 HP, 4 stroke, high thrust motor. It was used by a manufacturer on a prototype high end 42' toon who decided to go a different power route. The motor had only been in the water for less than 1 hour.
As I finished up the installation of the motor on the transome it dawned on me that it would be so easy to steal the motor. Four exposed bolts, the steering and power/control cables would probably take all of 5-10 minutes to remove and the crooks would make off with my motor.
Doing a search I found several products that are supposedly the cat's meyow in the security area. Some had bad ratings others I wonder about the efficientcy. Do any of you have any recommendations on securing the motor to the transom and the prop to the motor?
I just remembered a friend a few years ago secured his boat/trailer to a tree and it disappeared. His problem was he picked a small 4-5" diameter tree that the crooks just cut down. Moral of this story is to pick a very large tree next time with a huge chain and lock.