Boat runs into house

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Just wondering, Were the keys in it, or was it hot-wired.

Anyone know?

I take the keys out of mine when left unattended because I lock the cabin up and I want a little deterrent. Taking the keys out of the ignition switch on the vast majority of stern drive boats is going to add 10 seconds to the time it takes to steal it. Most boats are ridiculously easy to hot wire. Connect the red/purple to the purple to turn it on, and momentarily touch the red/purple to yellow/red to start. That's it...

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by Dave R

I take the keys out of mine when left unattended because I lock the cabin up and I want a little deterrent. Taking the keys out of the ignition switch on the vast majority of stern drive boats is going to add 10 seconds to the time it takes to steal it. Most boats are ridiculously easy to hot wire. Connect the red/purple to the purple to turn it on, and momentarily touch the red/purple to yellow/red to start. That's it...

Thanks for the primer on how to steal one of our boats! 🤤👏

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[Dave R]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Thanks for the primer on how to steal one of our boats! 🤤👏

Sent from my SM-T580 using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

I thought of not posting it, but then decided that:

a. this forum is not exactly crawling with potential boat thieves
b. current boat thieves already know how to hot wire a boat
c. my tutorial might just get someone home after losing their boat key.