I have an Islander 30 Bahama that I purchased a couple of years ago. Recently I started to wonder about the purpose of a clevis pin that is located at the clew end of the boom. I posted a picture with some colored arrows. The blue arrow points to the clevis pin in question. My original thought that it was there to attach the topping lift (like I had in a previous Islander 28) but in the case of this boat, the topping lift it attached to a line (green arrow) that goes forward and ends at a cam cleat so that I can adjust the topping lift height from there. The outhaul wire (red arrow) comes around a sheave in the center of the boom (it's just below my mystery clevis pin) and attaches to the mainsail clew.
Any thoughts on the what the pin is intended for?
Any thoughts on the what the pin is intended for?
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