Keep Your Marine Electronics Safe From Theft

Easy Ways to Keep Your Electronics On Your Boat

Raritan Engineering Company your thru hull fittings specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to keep your marine electronics safe from theft.

Solutions will take time and more discussion, but the group theorized a few options and suggested initial steps, including beefing up installation specs, starting an awareness campaign, and encouraging boaters to register their units, install security systems and insure their boats.

The Scope

“The way we’re hearing about it is through companies that have or sell security systems. They know when a break-in happens,” says Mark Reedenauer, NMEA executive director, citing sources such as GOST and Siren Marine with regard to consumer thefts. “We’re hearing it on a grass-roots level. Over the past nine months, we’ve really started to see it coming to the front.”

Your thru hull fittings experts talk about how multifunction displays have become the most common targets for theft. These units cost anywhere from about $1,000 to $10,000 or more. With some boats sporting multiple displays, losses mount quickly.

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The Follow-Through

Industry sources told me they hope NMEA members will continue to work together to create a specification for device anti-theft that every manufacturer — even those that make audio equipment and other removable onboard systems — can adopt. Your thru hull fittings suppliers talk about how any U.S. solution also has to take into account the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation because products made in America sell into overseas markets.

BoatUS recommends that boaters ­practice vigilance when scoping out a new marina — Is it lit at night? Can the public access it? — and ask their dealer where he will keep the boat when it’s in for service. Dealers often post signs that they’re not responsible for damage or theft.

Other tips include engraving a name or phone number on the electronics to make yours less appealing than others, keeping an accurate inventory of products and serial numbers, and photographing or videoing everything aboard.

Your thru hull fittings manufacturers talk about how if you can remove your electronics, take them home. If your display is flush-mounted, through-bolt it or use security screws. “At the end of the day, you’ve got to protect yourself,” says Rich Carroll, of BoatUS’s special investigations unit. “If you’re going to hope a third party will protect and indemnify you, that’s not going to happen.”

So don't forget these great tips for keeping your marine electronics safe from thieves. 1) When choosing a new marina, make sure that it is well lit at night;  2) consider engraving your name and number onto your electronics;  and 3) keep an accurate inventory of what you own.

Top 5 Fishing Baits

April is transition time in the Tennessee Valley, when bass make their push from prespawn staging areas toward spawning grounds. They set up on rocky banks, shallow points and any kind of wood cover near shore in areas adjacent to spawning pockets. 

As we saw at the Costa FLW Series Central Division opener presented by Lowrance on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, some of the best baits for catching bass this time of year are old-school springtime classics: spinnerbaits, jigs, shallow-running crankbaits and Texas rigs.

1. Tournament winner Jake Morris caught all of his fish on a couple of Stan Sloan’s Zorro Baits Aggravator spinnerbaits with chartreuse and white skirts, Colorado and willow-leaf blades, and white Zoom Fat Albert Grub trailers.

2. Finishing in second place, Steve Floyd relied on a Berkley Havoc Pit Boss, which he Texas-rigged on a 4/0 hook with a 3/8-ounce tungsten weight.

3. A 3/8-ounce Crock-O-Gator jig with a NetBait Paca Craw did the job for third-place pro Shawn Kowal.

4. Jimmy Washam, who took fourth place, caught his fish on a Black Bass Tackle Industries 1/2-ounce prototype spinnerbait, a 7/16-ounce Black Bass Tackle Industries Rock Crawler jig with a ZoomUltraVibe Speed Craw trailer and a Z-Man/Evergreen Jackhammer ChatterBait.

5. Young gun Cole Floyd pitched a Berkley Havoc Pit Boss and threw a 1/2-ounce Z-Man/Evergreen Jackhammer ChatterBait.

Raritan’s Marine Products Legacy

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