mysterious clip on backstay

[Dingo]

Progress continues unabated  - except for coming across a mysterious device on the backstay.  Before I decide it's a lodestone moderator, or an umbrella holder, can anyone suggest a real-life use for this please ?




thanks   

[Tim Gardner]

It's a tarp clip..

[rogerschwake]

  Good call Inspector Gardner! It's always good to have a trained eye on the job.

  ROGER

[Dingo]

oh goody !   thanks for the info.  I must now rush out and get a tarp.  I guess it must serve to create a 'tent' over the cockpit in case the sun ever shines in the UK.

[skip1930]

A boom tent or Boom holder-upper when the main sail is not in use.

" ... in case the sun ever [never] shines in the UK." Bloody hell Funny but true.

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