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Yes PPK,  nothing guarantees that it won't get stolen, but it's an easy precaution that will make it impossible to steel without tools and a certain amount of noise.

 

Another thought would be one of the cheap self-contained  battery movement alarms, again, as used on bikes .

 

Thanks Strowager, was going to chain my Kayak to the roof anyway, but like your idea of a cable alarm. Just ordered one on Ebay.

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On the subject of pubs, do I get the impression that there isn't a huge choice. It seems to me it is very dependent on where you choose to moor.

 

Barton Broad: for some reason I had outlined this as one of our first stops, think I had been there many years ago on my last trip to the broads.

 

Patrick

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Here's mine, it's all kitted out for fishing and sailing.

 

 

 

Love your Kayak setup. Did you purchase it like that or mod it yourself. Particularly the sailing kit.

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We are starting off from Horning and have a week afloat, would welcome any tips on an itinerary for good food, pubs, beauty and Kayaking.

 

Thank you all for your kind words of help 

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Well, being a sit on top it can't sink, but I always carry mine on the roof.

 

Unlike a dinghy, they're so light to lift aboard, and then they're out of harms way.

 

I would take a bike type "kryptonite" padlock cable as well, so that it could be locked to the deck railing when you're away from the boat or asleep at night.

 

If you get a cable with small enough eyes, then one can pass through a scupper hole in the kayak, which makes the perfect fixing point.

 

It wouldn't stop a determined thief, but it would stop someone just grabbing and walking off with something that is worth several hundred pounds, and easily sold on.

 

Thanks for that, and yes I was worried about the theft aspect - I do exactly the same locking it on my car roof.  

 

I guess as you have taken your before you just hope that there is'nt anyone determined enough to cut through the cable?  

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We have booked a holiday in July with Hoseasons on their Emperor class boat, and wish to take our Sit on Top Kayak. This has been Ok'd with Hoseasons and I am a BCU member so all should be legal.

 

However I wondered whether any members have taken their own Kayak / Canoe's in the past and what was their experiences with towing them behind on lashing them on top.

 

Thanks