Removing Keys

[scot71]

Curious how many of you remove your keys on a regular basis.

 

[ToddW850]

I voted Yes. We had some punk kids in Fort Walton Beach about 2 years ago that entered some trailered boats, turned the engines on, and walked off. The engines over heated and had to be replaced. These boats were in a fenced in boat yard.

 

[Wayloncle]

I always take them out and I leave them in my truck, I also have a set I keep hidden in the boat for the time, that I'm sure will happen, I leave the other keys at home.

 

[BMF JK]

I voted Yes. We had some punk kids in Fort Walton Beach about 2 years ago that entered some trailered boats, turned the engines on, and walked off. The engines over heated and had to be replaced. These boats were in a fenced in boat yard.

Wow ! Theft would be one thing , but that's a straight up FU and total disrespect for others hard earned property !

 

[Volffas]

Yes, and I dry dock. I guess that is close enough to slip.

 

[Bennie]

I take ours out all the time! At home they are hung up with the other car keys. But I go a step farther and take them out every time we stop somewhere to eat. We have a lot of bar/grills on the water and I always keep my keys on me rather than let me stay in the boat.

That's also because we use that lockable storage on the port side. Not everyone needs access to my .380!!

 

[Chillypilot]

Seriously, why would anyone leave their keys in a unattended boat? Do you leave the keys in your car, house etc. I don't even leave the keys in the ignition when we are just hanging out in the boat in case someone accidentally starts it.

 

[Bill D]

Keys come off the boat when we come off the water. I always leave them in if we are on anchor or at the sandbar or whatever. I just leave the controls in reverse so the boat can't be started accidentally.

 

[Julian]

I just leave the controls in reverse so the boat can't be started accidentally.

That's what I'm going to tell myself next time I do this!!! LOL

 

[scokill]

I don't see any reason to pull keys on a boat stored in my backyard. I shut off the battery switch, so if a vandal wanted to start engines they would have to have some knowledge and go through some effort....removing or partially removing the cover, crawling around inside inbetween the anti pooling poles, trying to start the engine, failing, thinking and looking for battery switch, etc. etc.

 

[Zarrella]

I never remove them = Insurance Lol

 

[Westbeach Bum]

I leave the keys in the boat glove box when it's in the back yard. Someone would have to go through a bunch of obstacles to get in and start it. When we're anchored I leave the controls out of neutral and the keys in the ignition. I don't want someone looking for keys if something happens to me.

 

[arew~SX230]

Did not answer poll, because I do indoor dry stack, but if I get back to the dock before closing I leave then in the boat, otherwise they come home with me.

Not a lawyer but...
Leaving the keys in a boat on the water seems like an attractive nuisance/liability lawsuit waiting to happen.

 

[Joe Hellaby]

I just got my boat a few weeks ago, so far I've been taking the key out.

But this reminds me of when I was a kid, my family had a snowmobile camp in the Adirondacks. Back in the 90s (maybe still today) all the Arctic Cat keys where the same, what my dad always had us do at the bars and restaurants was to take the kill switch and the key. Our thought was who carries and extra kill switch around to steal the snowmobile.

Does anyone know; how many different cuts of keys Yamaha uses for ignition? Are they all the same on every ignition?

 

[kthrash]

pretty sure all keys are different, or at least have different cuts.. I know the keys from my old 212x do not run my 242LS... how many different cuts they have? who knows.

 

[Rushfan67]

I take my keys off the boat anytime I am not on it. Just a habit I have always done.

 

[Whisky]

If I have it in a slip while we go grab lunch or something I take them, but when it’s on the trailer I turn the battery switch off and leave the keys in it. Right or wrong, I figure if they are going to take the boat and trailer, weather or not the keys are in it, isn’t going to stop them.

The dry run engines are a whole other thing though......

 

[Liveto99]

I always put them in the cupholder on the dash, they have nothing attached and lay on the bottom. You can't see them and you can drop them in when taking a swig of your drink. Instead of a .380 look into a NAA .22 for boat carry it can go in your shorts unnoticed, and is stainless.The little one

 

[Mainah]

One never knowns what kids will get into with their curiosity and keys/buttons/levers/switches are very tempting.

 

[AboveTheBest]

I always put them in the cupholder on the dash, they have nothing attached and lay on the bottom. You can't see them and you can drop them in when taking a swig of your drink. Instead of a .380 look into a NAA .22 for boat carry it can go in your shorts unnoticed, and is stainless.The little oneView attachment 89798

I think that 629 would be pretty easy to conceal in a swim suit