Does Anyone Know What This Is?

This is not a quiz. I literally don't know what it is and how to use it. I found it in a lazarette so it seems to be something that would have been used by the previous owner frequently. I am guessing that it might be raised aft to keep the boat into the wind at anchor.

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Comments

[robert]

Is the "insert", with the eyes on the end rigid? is it stiff wire-rope? It looks like a "diaper" for the jib furler. you know, so you can attach an asym spin? If it is rigid, I have no clew.

[Adam Turinas]

It is rigid but bendable. I think you may have just saved me $150 that I was going to spend on West Marine on something like this. I have an asym so that would make sense. Lets see what others say.

[Jak]

Looks a little small for a riding sail and a little stiff for a tacker. I think it is a simple drogue.

[John McCarthy]

Could be an old fashioned bosuns chair. Use it with the rigid part underneath the seat for padded support.

[Baydog]

I think it's a seat for spinnaker parasailing.

[o docker]

If it says 'Ronco' anywhere on it, you can probably use it to slice vegetables.

[Ethan Garr]

It's a recent issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.

[Adam Turinas]

No Ethan, it's quite an old issue

[Baydog]

It's an entrepreneur's spinnaker parasailing seat.

[Peter Belenky]

Sea anchor/drogue?

[E. Banner]

Come on ...everyone knows it is a thingamabob. Usualy used with the doohickey.

[Katy]

It's an ironing board.

[TG]

It's a formal sailor's cumberbund. Used at yacht club formal gatherings, it is worn by the skipper of the last vessel to finish.

[Sailor]

It's a harness for when you have to trapeze off the side to boat. If you look around where you found this strap, you should find hooks to quickly attach to this harness or as they call it, a "hammock". Hope that helps.