What are these doodads?
- Thread starter VisionPNW
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Do the "feet" on the round thingy fit over or inside the "feet" on the oval gizmo...do the holes line up? If so, they're two pieces of a single doodad...the wire is just keeping 'em together during storage. Even if it is, I don't have a clue what it is either.
Just saw your other thingamabob...you seem to have quite a collection of strange antique stuff.
Just saw your other thingamabob...you seem to have quite a collection of strange antique stuff.
These are very important pieces of your boat. Do not throw them out, return them to their rightful place in the bottom of the tool box.
If you should fail to heed my advice and toss them in the trash, you will learn their importance and lack of availability immediately after the trash collector picks up the trash. Then you'll be SOL.
If you should fail to heed my advice and toss them in the trash, you will learn their importance and lack of availability immediately after the trash collector picks up the trash. Then you'll be SOL.
They don't interact together that I could see... I was thinking they may BE some sort of interchangeable feet for something extremely important.
The black things look like spar ends or attachments.
The lever might be a headstay release.
The thing on the cable is a tensioner.
The lever might be a headstay release.
The thing on the cable is a tensioner.
I'm thinking they could be mounting hardware for some engine related equipment like a refer compressor or a large alternator, without the mounting holes yet drilled.
Unless to have a steel boat, they are definitely not for on deck use. Do you have an overhead in an engine room where these could be mounted to affix a block and tackle to lift the engine or generator?
Unless to have a steel boat, they are definitely not for on deck use. Do you have an overhead in an engine room where these could be mounted to affix a block and tackle to lift the engine or generator?
Given that they are iron I'm thinking they are for below deck or some sort of jig to do something only infrequently either above or below deck.
How big are they? A ruler in the pictures or something like a dollar bill etc would help set the scale (and is a good general practice when posting "weird stuff")
How big are they? A ruler in the pictures or something like a dollar bill etc would help set the scale (and is a good general practice when posting "weird stuff")
They may not be related to the boat at all or maybe they were planned to be used on a Trailer. I'm not going to say for sure but I feel like I've seen these in the past somewhere. They can serve as attachment points to any thing the "pads" are welded to.
The oval one is about 4in in length... After I posted the photo, I realized the scale was hard to establish.
Nope just a regular Hunter Vision 32 sailboat.
They could be just flotsam that appeared on or near the boat and the PO thought. 'Wow those are cool. I bet they would come in handy on the boat.' Of course they didn't and were safely stored in the tool box for the moment that they would become a needed item.
Ladder feet? They swivel for different angles to the ground. Definitely wouldn't use them on a boat, maybe a tugboat.
- Will (Dragonfly)
- Will (Dragonfly)
From the looks of those things, it would take some seriously dense water to float that flotsam.
