shore diving theft

[Maine Diver]

Hi all,

What do you do when you are shore diving and can't leave anything in the truck? What about water bottles or a small cooler? Will they be stolen as well?

Thanks

 

[SolarStorm]

This is becoming a bigger and bigger problem where you drive somewhere to do an out of car excursion not limited to diving.

Diving has a disadvantage of being in some remoter locations. What we did when dirt biking was to actually leave the vehicle open and take all of our valuables into the bush 50' and hide them. Sounds stupid, but since doing that, no one has broken a window on my truck. Anything locked seemed to say "Something valuable here".

The problem with a lot of vehicles today is that the trunk (or boot for the english in the crowd) is accessable through the back seat, so the locked door is again and advertisement that valuable lie within.

 

[Rescue Diver68]

We left water bottles/colapsible cooler, shirts, hats in our truck in Bonaire. No one stole anything. We left a big 2 litre bottle filled with water in the back of the truck during the dives so it would be a nice warm freshwater shower when we finished diving.

Have fun and just use common sense. Don't leave stuff like your Raybans, dive computer, etc in the vehicle no matter where you go.

 

[chrisculina]

I have a Mazda 626 station wagon I use for diving and dirty stuff. It's rusty, got several bumps, but I lock it and take the key with me.

You could paint your car in one of natures warning colors, or add a proximity sensor that triggers some kind of natural warning, like a grizzly bear's roar or the sound of a rattle snake.

Using this fella as a model:

I came up with this burglar proof design:

Yes, I'm bored. Blame the influenza.

 

[morecowbells]

I have a Mazda 626 station wagon I use for diving and dirty stuff. It's rusty, got several bumps, but I lock it and take the key with me.

You could paint your car in one of natures warning colors, or add a proximity sensor that triggers some kind of natural warning, like a grizzly bear's roar or the sound of a rattle snake.

Using this fella as a model:

I came up with this burglar proof design:

Yes, I'm bored. Blame the influenza.

Wouldn't a John Tesh or William Hung CD on the passengers seat be more effective

 

[chrisculina]

Wouldn't a John Tesh or William Hung CD on the passengers seat be more effective

Let me check that out on Spotify... yes, you're probably right. As would "Heino - Karamba, Karacho, Ein Whisky" on repeat.

 

[gert7to3]

You'd probably wind up with more of those CDs because the thieves would want to get rid of ones they had previously stolen.

 

[Scotttyd]

I have only made one trip - but we would leave our sandals, t-shirt, and water bottles in the car and no one ever bothered them. I doubt anyone would want someone elses used t-shirts or shoes, but if you leave something valuable - well you are just asking for trouble. (I would not leave a gps unit sitting out in my car here in Raleigh, so why would I in Bonaire?) I know people who have made numerous trips without any issues.

 

[Belmont]

Let me check that out on Spotify... yes, you're probably right. As would "Heino - Karamba, Karacho, Ein Whisky" on repeat.

How about "Tampico" also by Heino. Too bad he is not "popular" in North Amerika.

YouTube - Heino - Tampico 1973

He sings about a town in Mexico where men wear sombreros and women...don't????
He also mixes together Pesetas, Mississippi and pirates.

Back to the subject at hand (sorry for the hijack): you can get robbed anywhere you just have to be careful not to offer thieves the opportunity to target you. On Bonaire you can't very well hide anything in the bush, parkings near dive sites are under surveillance by htieves and they will know about your "stash".