What is this? Why is it on my boat?

[craigtoo]

Originally Posted by billyruffn

Do you have a fixed manual bilge pump somewhere -- under he cabin sole?

I have a manual bilge pump.. and I have the handle for it. In the cockpit.


If this is a lever of some sort, it's one helluva mechanical advantage..

I'm thinking that it spans something....

[Joel73]

Originally Posted by craigtoo

Closed till March... Restaurant is open though.

:-)

Damn... wish i was in town. Sounds like i could talk you into a tequila shot at M&Ms!

Oh... it's a mystery to me. Maybe the answer is 42?

[craigtoo]

Originally Posted by Cruisingdad

I have seen something "similar"... on boats where the T-Hull is hard to access, I have seen people make a bar like that to open/close the Thull so you do not have to climb into the hatch.

Probably a really weak guess, though. It does not have any soldered connections does it?? No?? Oh, sorry... just thought it might be from a PO I knew....

HEHE!

- CD

Heh.. No soldered connections.... (none crimped either though...)

Your idea is exactly what I'm going to use this thing for if we can't figure out it's intended purpose... The SeaCocks aft are a bit of a pain to reach....and since I'll only be living on the boat on the weekends, I'd like to close all the THulls during the week while I'm on the road...

But there's no reason to have the radiator hose clamped to it for that purpose... and why mount it nicely in the Locker across from the head?

I've *GOT* to be missing something here....

[Joel73]

Originally Posted by craigtoo

But there's no reason to have the radiator hose clamped to it for that purpose... and why mount it nicely in the Locker across from the head?

I've *GOT* to be missing something here....

Any chance of talking to the PO???

[craigtoo]

Originally Posted by Joel73

Damn... wish i was in town. Sounds like i could talk you into a tequila shot at M&Ms!

Oh... it's a mystery to me. Maybe the answer is 42?

..Oh yeah! The answer is 42.... !!!

God Rest Douglas Adams.

You wouldn't be able talk me into a Tequila shot.. but you'd have a heck of a time getting me out of M & M's.... Lovely place.. Great food and a decent beer selection.

I ate at the Grain Silo's aka Twin Towers aka Tin Cans tonight...

craig

[PBzeer]

Is there room to lay stuff over it when mounted? Perhaps the hose is to keep stuff from sliding off.

[craigtoo]

Originally Posted by Joel73

Any chance of talking to the PO???

Sure..

But that wouldn't be ANY fun... I love puzzles... That's a last resort... heh

[Stillraining]

hole in one end is just there for a lanyard so it could be retrieved if gone overboard. And has nothing to do with function...Maybe javelin practice..

[PBzeer]

I think it's Gardners Buffet, something buffet, down by the hardware store, great food, great price.

[billyruffn]

Don't throw it away. Put it back in its bracket and wait. At some point in the next year or so, you'll say to yourself...."Now what I need for this is a bar of aluminum with a piece of hose around it so I don't mark the X when we do Y with it".

Good things come to those who wait.