What is this? Why is it on my boat?

[camaraderie]

Joel...it's a honeymoon aid. You'll learn about it in a few weeks!

[KODAD]

Craig,
Please tell me that you're not so devious that you would clamp some hose on a metal bar, thread a piece of rope through it, mount it in your locker, take pics of it and ask us what it was just to provide yourself with some entertainment to get you through the winter!!!!! ............That would be cruel!!!!

[bobwebster]

Emergency hatch lock? Autopilot or steering arm?

[sailingdog]

Unfortunately, I think you might be right...

Originally Posted by KODAD

Craig,
Please tell me that you're not so devious that you would clamp some hose on a metal bar, thread a piece of rope through it, mount it in your locker, take pics of it and ask us what it was just to provide yourself with some entertainment to get you through the winter!!!!! ............That would be cruel!!!!

[sandiegosailor]

If this is just an exercise in entertainment it was fun but probably in the longer view will cause folks to think twice before responding to similar future request for help. At least from the many folks who responded in good faith to this thread.

Say it ain't so.

[jackytdunaway]

This is like a wreck on the side of the road. You cuss the folks that are making the going slow just rubbernecking but as you go by you can't help but slow down and look. I have told myself at least 8 times that I will no longer open this thread but here I am again.

[tdw]

Funnily enough that damn thing rings a bell or two but I cannot for the life of me think why. I think it was a hanger of some description but thats all I get from the somewhat foggy recesses that pass for a Wombat's brain.

The Womboat itself has a couple of bits of painted ply with some sort of clamp arrangement that could be just as confusing. Could be some kind of temporary hatch cover perhaps. I also remember seeing something similar in a cruising manual at some stage but again cannot find the reference or remember what they were for. (I'll try and take pics over the weekend and see if anyone can come up with an answer).

[Joel73]

A mystery.

I'll bet it's something very simple.

[xort]

April 1st is still a long way off

[craigtoo]

Originally Posted by Duane2

Do you have an outboard engine? I have seen contraptions of all sorts to hold up the engine while sailing.

Nope...

Thought about it.. but I can't even see where the PO had a dink or anything.. and again.. Belowdecks storage?