

I have a red Perception Swifty 3.1 sit-in kayak for sale.


Lastly, you can make the cable size a little larger to make it harder to cut, if you want. Try it yourself with a pair of wire cutters and see how hard it is. Even if they are, cutting aircraft cable is tough as a rule and it takes time, which is something they will likely shy away from. But I assume that every potential thief isn't walking down the street with bolt cutters, or even wire cutters. NOTE: I have had comments that perhaps someone could cut the cable and steal the boat. Now you can take your kayak on vacation with you, or on a weekend paddle, and worry less about it going home with somebody else. Then, pass the other end through the hairpin, pull it tight, and close it in the door. All you have to do is make a hairpin in the cable about a foot from the end and pass that through the pad eye. Using the pad eye involves a slight trick, since obviously you won't be able to get the PVC cap through it. ( We don't want somebody with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers removing the nuts.) Mount the pad eye on the rear deck near the cockpit, tighten the bolts, and strip the bolt head by drilling it out. If you don't have one like that, you need to visit your local boating supply store and buy a stainless steel pad eye, a couple of stainless Phillips-head bolts and nylon insert nuts, and a pair of stainless washers. This may take the shape of a U with both ends connected to the deck, or else a flat plate connected over a depression in the deck. If you have the other type of kayak, there is a chance you already have a metal security connector on your craft. Your Swifty will be right there when you come back. Close both loose ends in the vehicles door and lock it. Make it fast to the roof of your vehicle, or throw it in the bed of your pickup, then run one end of the security cable through the seat mount and out. Say for the sake of argument that you have a craft like my Swifty. Actually, you are done with the cable part of the Instructable unless you want to dip the ends in Plasti Dip rubber tool handle coating to make it look more professional. What you then have is a piece of cable with a knob on each end that will keep somebody from pulling it through the door opening. Do the same for the other cap, fill them both with JB Weld and let them cure. Adjust the cable end so it is not protruding past the end of the cap. Take one end of the cable and run in in to the open end of a cap, make a loop, and run it back through the second hole. Drill two holes near the sides of the end of each cap, just slightly bigger than the cable. Second, get two 3/4" PVC pipe caps and some JB Weld. You will need about fifteen feet if you buy more of it, you can get a firsthand illustration of just how hard it is to cut. With the vinyl coating, it is about 3/16" in diameter, and will easily close in a car door without hurting anything. I would get the 1/8" size it has a working load of about 340 pounds, so nobody's going to break it. You can get this at your neighborhood hardware store. First, buy some vinyl clad aircraft cable.
