Method and apparatus for securing pleasure crafts

An apparatus for securing one or more pleasure craft to a rigid support to prevent their theft or unauthorized use comprising:

• a cable having a first end and a second end, which engages the one or more pleasure craft and the rigid support, the second end of the cable having a t-shaped element;
• a first u-shaped elongated channel having a first end and a second end, the first channel having a first rigid threaded pin adjacent the second end and a second rigid pin positioned further from the second end then the threaded pin;
• a second u-shaped elongated channel having a first end pivotably connected to the first end of the first channel, a second end, a slotted hole adjacent the first end, a set of plates which straddle the slotted hole, the plates having a plurality of u-shaped openings in their sides for receiving the arms of the t-shaped element of the second end of the cable;
• a threaded device that engages the first threaded pin of the first channel that compresses the cable;
• a plate having a through hole positioned beneath the threaded device under which the cable passes and which compresses the cable when the threaded device is tightened;
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• a circular device mounted on the second pin over which the cable passes to facilitate tensioning of the cable while the threaded device is tightened.

An apparatus for securing a first cable end to a second cable end comprising:

• a first unshaped channel having a first end and a second end, the first channel having a means for securing the first cable end adjacent to the second end of the channel;
• and a second u-shaped channel having a first end pivotably connected to the first end of the first channel, a second end, and a means for securing the second cable end to the second channel;
• wherein the first and second channels include a means for securing the first channel to the second channel after the second channel is rotated into engagement with the first channel
• and wherein the second cable end includes a t-shaped element and the second channel includes a slotted opening adjacent the second end of the second channel, wherein the means for securing the second end of the cable to the second channel comprises a set of parallel plates, which straddle the slotted opening, the plates having at least one pair of u-shaped openings which engage the t-shaped element after the t-shaped element passes though the slotted opening.