Security when anchored in a harbor, and you've gone ashore:
Some sailors inflate a second
dinghy and stuff
weather gear">foul
weather gear full of whatever--so it looks like someone IS aboard, sitting in the
cockpit.
BUT: beware the warped
humor of fellow sailors, as exhibited by a guy I met in
Florida. He was able to
purchase a Cigar Store Indian for his decoy. But he knew the penchant sailors have for randomly waking up in the night and sticking their heads out to be sure they haven't dragged
anchor. Thus he waited until 02:25 am to bring his decoy aboard. And sure enough: within 2 days the story spread through the whole anchorage that he'd been seen dragging a dead body ON to his boat!