This is my first year with this boat and it has factory-looking pad eyes installed in the deck about a foot aft of the Genoa tracks. I've yet to figure out what they are for. Any ideas?
What are these pad eyes for?
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I thought of that too but the previous owner who had it for its entire life except the first two years said nothing about one. I also have the original order form which doesn't mention a Bimini option. I guess it could have been a dealer installed option that didn't get handed down. Seems like an odd way to attach it, though.
They will make nice fender attachment locations just add hooks to your fenders at a pre-determined height... 
Hi , they look like lifeline pad eyes to me but would check to make sure they are through bolts before I trusted them
No attachment points or filled holes on the top for a bimini, though I would like to get one. And the eyes are turned the wrong way to act as fairleads for the sheets between the blocks and winches.
I thought maybe they were the original terminations for the lifelines and that the stern pulpit was added later but they are too far forward unless a previous owner replaced the original life lines with longer ones to reach the pulpit. It also makes some sense because the pulpit has a light mounting bracket built in but there's an original running light mounted below it on the transom. There's lamp cord running inside the pulpit tubing that isn't connected to anything below the deck.
Anybody seen a first generation C-22 without a pulpit but with life lines? If so, where do they terminate aft?
I thought maybe they were the original terminations for the lifelines and that the stern pulpit was added later but they are too far forward unless a previous owner replaced the original life lines with longer ones to reach the pulpit. It also makes some sense because the pulpit has a light mounting bracket built in but there's an original running light mounted below it on the transom. There's lamp cord running inside the pulpit tubing that isn't connected to anything below the deck.
Anybody seen a first generation C-22 without a pulpit but with life lines? If so, where do they terminate aft?
I doubt those would be strong enough to anchor lifelines. They were for some accessory. Still probably a Bimini. I have seen Bimini arrangements with 1 aft leg and a forward tie-down. There is no need for an anchor point as the tie-down can be hooked to anything: handrail, stanchion, etc.
I would look at Biminis to put there!
Thanks,
Andrew
I would look at Biminis to put there!
Thanks,
Andrew
The 22 in the marina next to me had lifelines that were attached to the deck about 18 inches aft of the rear stanchion. The attached photo shows a similar setup with lifelines attached to the deck rather than a stern pulpit. Looks to be about the same location as your mystery fittings.
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