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martinworswick · 13-05-2018, 01:19

I have a bar that slides out the back of my boom,it comes out approximately 4ft,I discovered it yesterday,any ideas what it's for?

NYSail · 13-05-2018, 02:16

Never saw anything like that..... maybe previous owner had a cockpit sun cover that he used and this helped the tent....

Freedom45 · 13-05-2018, 03:29

Do you have a center cockpit boat? Could be extension to lift dinghy or ? onto aft deck?

**StuM** · 13-05-2018, 03:35

Looks a bit light for an extension to hoist something aboard.

I'd go along with NYSail's suggestion of a ridge pole for rigging a cockpit shade.

**boatman61** · 13-05-2018, 04:21

I would agree with the extention for a boom tent idea.. pull it out and clip the topping lift to the end of the extention.

martinworswick · 13-05-2018, 04:24

The boom tent suggestion seems like the most likely,it also answers my question about the big piece of blue material I found!��

ZULU40 · 13-05-2018, 08:12

is it plastic? could be an electric conduit
otherwise boom tent seems likely

Scaramanga F25 · 13-05-2018, 08:17

Fishing out-rigger.

martinworswick · 13-05-2018, 08:55

It makes a lot more sense now i've had a few replies,when i first got the boat last year i found a big rectangle of blue canvas i figured would likely be a cockpit tent however when looking at the length of the boom i figured i'd have to rig lines somehow to actually provide shade over the cockpit(aft by the way),i put that in the too hard basket and forgot about it over winter.I was sat in the cockpit with a beer yesterday just thinking about how to rig reefing lines,whilst exploring what attachments i had it turned -scratched head a little,undid the line securing it and pulled it out-scratched head some more and drank some more beer then asked the question on here.
It turns out it extends almost to the backstay and will cover the cockpit perfectly,i'll dig out the canvas from the shed and try it next time i'm on the boat,my guess it will be the perfect fit!

**boatman61** · 13-05-2018, 09:04

In that case thats what that fitting on the end is for.. hooking onto the backstay when fully extended.

**StuM** · 13-05-2018, 15:31

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Originally Posted by boatman61

In that case thats what that fitting on the end is for.. hooking onto the backstay when fully extended.

That "fitting" looks like a short piece of cordage. Given that the topping lift looks a lot like a re-purposed main halyard with a keypin shackle on the end, it may be so they can run the halyard/topping lift to the end of that extension and attach it with the cordage.

belizesailor · 14-05-2018, 05:29

Voyage catamarans have an extension which slides out of the boom for lifting the dinghy, but it is much beefier than that. What you have looks like a home made rig for lifting something relatively light. I think its likely as others have posted, to support an awning or something similar.