As David said: It’s a boom bail for use with a roller reefing boom. Can be used for: the vang; the mainsheet; or anything else that needs to attach to the boom while the main is wrapped or partially wrapped around the boom.
sam C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta On Aug 1, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Ray Macklin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Would it be used on the boom as a preventer > On Aug 1, 2018, at 3:34 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Send CnC-List mailing list submissions to > cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cnc-list-ow...@cnc-list.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CnC-List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: mystery item (Don Kern) > 2. Re: mystery item (Don Harben) > 3. Re: mystery item (David Blair) > 4. Re: mystery item (Gary Nylander) > 5. Re: mystery item (Randy Stafford) > 6. Re: mystery item (Don Wagner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:44:23 -0400 > From: Don Kern <don-k...@cox.net> > To: T Smyth via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > Message-ID: <eea4a4c3-7cdd-b55e-a5dc-98aa3c0e2...@cox.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Tom > > It fits around your boom and i used as preventer downwind the keep the > boom from lifting / unintentional jibing. The rollers go up on either > side of the sail and you attache a line from the shackle to the rail. > > Don > > >> On 8/1/2018 3:32 PM, T Smyth via CnC-List wrote: >> >> I?m trying to determine the use of an item I found on a recently >> purchased 1974 C&C 30. >> >> It?s probably obvious but I just can?t quite identify it. >> See photo at >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUs1Qcb3DdsuaFz89 >> >> >> Tks >> Tom >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20180801/9a7b28f6/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 19:56:41 +0000 (UTC) > From: Don Harben <sailadventu...@rogers.com> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > Message-ID: <998002743.731464.1533153401...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Old school dog collar? > > Don > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20180801/1c1b486a/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 13:04:22 -0700 > From: "David Blair" <dblair...@gmail.com> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > Message-ID: <01d701d429d2$d7b43710$871ca530$@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Never seen one like that but I?d suspect it is to assist feeding the foresail > into a track on a furler. My $0.02 Ciao > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of T Smyth > via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 12:32 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: T Smyth > Subject: Stus-List mystery item > > > > > > I?m trying to determine the use of an item I found on a recently purchased > 1974 C&C 30. > > > > It?s probably obvious but I just can?t quite identify it. > > See photo at > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUs1Qcb3DdsuaFz89 > > > > > > Tks > > Tom > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20180801/19007e8e/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:08:08 -0400 > From: "Gary Nylander" <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > Message-ID: <00a601d429d3$5f78d660$1e6a8320$@atlanticbb.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > That is a bit of an antique. Your boat probably came from the factory with > roller reefing for the main. The boom was hooked to the mast at one point and > there was a crank to wind the boom ? thus rolling the sail around it. That > roller gizmo was wrapped around the boom and hooked to the topping lift so > the boom could rotate freely. If your boom is original, it probably has a > single bolt in the aft end and a flat piece of stainless where the main sheet > attached. > > > > The first ?big? boat I sailed on back in the day had one. > > > > Gary > > 1980 30-1 > > > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Steve Staten via > CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 3:37 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Steve Staten <steve-sta...@cherokee.org> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > > > > OK, I?m just GUESSING but you have it upside down. It slides on a pipe and is > used to hang your drink off the little clevis. The four nylon wheels will > allow the drink to stay steady as the boat rocks. Did I win a prize? > > > > Steve Staten > > C?Est La Vie > > C&C 26 > > Langley, OK USA > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of T Smyth > via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 2:32 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: T Smyth > Subject: <EXTERNAL> Stus-List mystery item > > > > > > I?m trying to determine the use of an item I found on a recently purchased > 1974 C&C 30. > > > > It?s probably obvious but I just can?t quite identify it. > > See photo at > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUs1Qcb3DdsuaFz89 > > > > > > Tks > > Tom > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20180801/261b08b8/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:14:03 -0600 > From: Randy Stafford <randal.staff...@icloud.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: T Smyth <tsmy...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > Message-ID: <ab0934dc-be07-4dc1-a8ce-9671eba67...@icloud.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > That is a collar for attaching a boom vang to. That era of C&C 30 (like > mine) had a circular boom designed for external roller reefing, with no > hardware fastened to the boom itself. That collar went around the outside of > the boom, with a shackle for fastening a vang, so that the ability to > roller-reef would still be preserved. Some previous owner of my boat > fastened padeyes and cheek blocks to the aft end of the boom for single-line > slab reefing (not that I?m complaining), and I fastened a Garhauer rigid vang > directly to the boom, so it doesn?t roll any more. I don?t think my boat > ever came with that collar, because it didn?t come from the factory with a > vang (the vang was an optional extra). > > Cheers, > Randy Stafford > S/V Grenadine > C&C 30-1 #7 (1972) > Ken Caryl, CO > >> On Aug 1, 2018, at 1:32 PM, T Smyth via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> I?m trying to determine the use of an item I found on a recently purchased >> 1974 C&C 30. >> >> It?s probably obvious but I just can?t quite identify it. >> See photo at >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUs1Qcb3DdsuaFz89 >> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUs1Qcb3DdsuaFz89> >> >> >> Tks >> Tom >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20180801/530a6dda/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:33:30 -0400 > From: "Don Wagner" <don.wag...@verizon.net> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > Message-ID: <1B8024AF2D0744629692C9C8CF3EA6FA@HPPhoenix> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > It?s for the boom vang, or preventer with a roller furler boom. You are > holding it upside down. You slide it on to the boom, and attach a block and > tackle to the shackle. The other end of the block and tackle is fastened to > the toe rail or the mast base, as needed. > > I had one for my C&C 30 in the 70?s. My 30 had a roller furler main, and this > gadget worked very well whenever you need to roll in a furl. Of course, the > C&C 30 Mk 1 was a super stiff boat, so we rarely used itin the furling > configuration. II t did get a lot of use as a preventer however. > I owned a !973 C&C Mk1 hull # 100 ?Red Baron? from 1973 through 1985 and > raced and cruised her a lot on the Chesapeake Bay. > In 1986 I replaced her with a C&C 41 CB hull #93, ?Der Baron?, and raced and > cruised her a lot on the Bay too. > By 2016 following some serious surgery. I gave up racing and but still do > some cruising. > > Don Wagner > C&C 41 CB > Der Baron > > From: Steve Staten via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 3:37 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Steve Staten > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > > OK, I?m just GUESSING but you have it upside down. It slides on a pipe and is > used to hang your drink off the little clevis. The four nylon wheels will > allow the drink to stay steady as the boat rocks. Did I win a prize? > > > > Steve Staten > > C?Est La Vie > > C&C 26 > > Langley, OK USA > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of T Smyth > via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 2:32 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: T Smyth > Subject: <EXTERNAL> Stus-List mystery item > > > > > > I?m trying to determine the use of an item I found on a recently purchased > 1974 C&C 30. > > > > It?s probably obvious but I just can?t quite identify it. > > See photo at > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUs1Qcb3DdsuaFz89 > > > > > > Tks > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. 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