Locking up the boat?

[5monkeys]

Hi folks,
     on my 19, I can lock the forward hatch from inside, I can put a padlock on the sliding hatch... but there's nothing on my boat to latch the lockers in the cockpit. Has anybody installed anything to lock those up? I know nothing is foolproof and this isn't fully preventative, but more deterrent minded.  Curious what others have done.

Regards,

Keith

[captronr]

My eclipse is similar.  The battery is in one locker, fuel in another, and a mix of fenders in each.  Typically my boat is in a slip or on its trailer in a fenced (locked) storage area.

If I were worried about thefts, I think the easiest thing to do while it's on the trailer is somehow paddlelock the boarding ladder in the UP position.  That will slow thieves down a little.

I do keep a cable lock around the motor when it's installed.
Ron

[crazycarl]

A small hasp and lock can easily be installed to deter thieves.

Most cockpit lockers don't come with them because of the chance of injury from scraping against them.

[brackish]

It was a long time ago, but I recall someone installing a slide lock that had a long rod that could be accessed by reaching under the the cockpit seat from inside the cabin. I think they did it more as a deterrent to unrestricted water entry from a knock down in heavy weather than to deter theft. Remember the concept, but not the details.  That said, in forty-five years of owning sailboats that were left in the water at various marinas with unlocked cockpit lockers, I have never had a theft.

[philb Junkie19]

Hi 5M,
My 19 has a hasp on the inside of the locker rather than the outside of the cover. It was installed by a previous owner. The hasp can be fastend by a thumb spring clip. That would mean crawling along the bunk under the seats to fasten the clip.  The po also rigged it so the seat could be held down by a line from that clip, attached to the seat side of the hasp through an offset pulley to a small cleat accesible form the cabin. The line hold down would help in a knockdown. The full hasp set up was probably to prevent theft but a stout line with minimal stretch could help that way also.

[5monkeys]

Thanks for the ideas everyone,
      I wouldn't want a hasp on the outside of the locker I'd be the first of many to bloody themselves on that. But some of those ideas to latch from the inside may have merit.  I may be too paranoid anyhow, its not like it's easy to get on the boat when it's on the trailer. That alone is a deterrent. I don't have a fixed boarding ladder so that can be stowed ahead of time.

thanks again,

Keith

[wes]

This looks like it would be a little less of an injury hazard in the cockpit, compared to a conventional hasp:

https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?id=21100

[Bob23]

My 1985 came with hasps on the outside of the locker lids. I've had the boat for 13 years...never bloodied myself nor has anyone else...and there have been some parties aboard. I do lock the companionway each time I leave but have never had an issue either when she was on a mooring or now that she resides in a marina. We're pretty honest here in the south of NJ.
Bob23

[Mas]

Don't even lock the car. In decades of existence, it appears that nothing has ever been stolen at our marina, whether from boat, the yard or cars. We are blessed.

....oh and Bob, knew we liked you South Jersey shore guys!

[Bob23]

Thanks Rick! I can't vouch for the Northern NJ guys!

[Damsel19]

https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/4362/hatch-latch-cockpit-seat-locker.htm

Theese are for the exact purpose, padlock on departure. Common on many brands of boats.