Anyone know what this is? (Or was)??

Geoffreykwright · September 15, 2016, 10:36:10 AM

Hi. Anyone know what this is? (Or was)? I found it sitting on my foredeck just starboard and aft (about 2 feet) from my mast. Its flexible and about 1/16" thick. Appears to be some sort of gasket. Now - it might not be mine - might have just blown there, but wondering if it might have fallen off somewhere like the gooseneck or the mast head?

I've got a 34 Mk II year 2000 (hull 1494) if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance.

KWKloeber · September 15, 2016, 10:40:52 AM

Do you have a furler?

-kk

Geoffreykwright · September 15, 2016, 10:45:27 AM

Both an in-mast furling main and a furling jib.

I found this maybe a month (or more) ago but furling action on the main seems unaffected...

KWKloeber · September 15, 2016, 10:51:41 AM

Its actually smaller than I thought -- maybe a gasket from the foredeck or anchor light fixture? grasping at straws here!

Geoffreykwright · September 15, 2016, 11:00:08 AM

No worries - thanks anyway...again - not even sure if its from my boat. just would hate to find out it was essential and did not make any enquiries. going up the mast within a few weeks - will look up there to see if there is anything obvious.

patrice · September 15, 2016, 11:46:54 AM

It look like the head part of the furler top bushing.
I rebuilt mine this spring, and look very simillar to it.

Geoffreykwright · September 15, 2016, 12:08:42 PM

Patrice - thanks. would that be the main or jib furler? or could be from either one??

patrice · September 15, 2016, 12:11:35 PM

Jib one.

Ron Hill · September 15, 2016, 02:38:41 PM

Geo : You haven't stated if it is plastic, metal or combo of both.

My guess is that it's a bushing from your head sail roller fuller.

a thought

Jim Hardesty · September 15, 2016, 04:09:28 PM

I think that the previous guesses are more probable than this. I'm only offering this because my boat is close hull number to yours. I found a plastic part on my deck and it took me a while thinking what it was. It was from the plastic steaming light that got chafed from tacking. Light still works. It's on the to-do list.
Jim

John Langford · September 21, 2016, 12:41:59 PM

When we were younger and used to have more fun, we would put things like a used clevis or cotter pin on friends' decks and watch them go nuts trying to figure out what it had fallen out of. Might you have such a buddy?

Geoffreykwright · September 21, 2016, 01:43:58 PM

Quote from: John Langford on September 21, 2016, 12:41:59 PM
When we were younger and used to have more fun, we would put things like a used clevis or cotter pin on friends' decks and watch them go nuts trying to figure out what it had fallen out of. Might you have such a buddy?

Had not thought of that...while I DO have friends like that none of them are at my club...but clever thought nonetheless...