Anyone know what this is used for?

[Seasick Ian]

I found this thing on my Hurley 22, no idea what it's for. Some sort of anti-chafe thing? Something for the boom or lifelines? I bet it's really obvious in the end....



Those are my feet at the bottom, for scale.

 

[Dan Tribe]

Some sort of bondage equipment?
What were the previous owners like?

 

[LadyInBed]

Sail cover?

 

[VicS]

I found this thing on my Hurley 22, no idea what it's for. Some sort of anti-chafe thing? Something for the boom or lifelines? I bet it's really obvious in the end....



Those are my feet at the bottom, for scale.

Actual dimensions might have been more useful

My guess is about 12" wide by 10 ' or so long . If so Id have thought barely wide enough and too long for a mainsail cover
but
Not long enough and totally useless design for a furled head sail cover.

Best guess though is in fact a mainsail cover for sail that has a bolt rope rather that "slugs" and stows by being completely wound round a roller furling boom

 

[NormanS]

Fender skirt?

 

[Graham_Wright]

Actual dimensions might have been more useful

My guess is about 12" wide by 10 ' or so long .

Those look like feet (in socks) at the bottom of the photo. Obviously provided for scale reference

 

[guernseyman]

There appear to be two lengths of rope. The track of the one finishing at bottom left is fairly clear; the other one not.
Curiously they are not symmetrically arranged. Is that a clue?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Is it a tiller cover? We use one (very different design) to protect our nicely varnished tiller from UV and the elements. Ours is a sleeve, but I could imagine one working like a sail cover.

 

[VicS]

Those look like feet (in socks) at the bottom of the photo. Obviously provided for scale reference

Yes he says that in #1. That's what I hi-lighted in my quote, but given only the front half of a pair of feet it's difficult to make much of an estimate of the actual dimensions of the thing.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Can you reveal your shoe size?

 

[lw395]

If the length is right, I'd say it's a sail cover.
Maybe because the normal one isn't very waterproof, or just to keep the UV and guano off the 'proper' one in winter?

 

[AndyL]

+1 Fender skirt

 

[lw395]

+1 Fender skirt

I wouldn't want all those eyelets in a fender skirt.

 

[Seajet]

If the length is right, I'd say it's a sail cover.
Maybe because the normal one isn't very waterproof, or just to keep the UV and guano off the 'proper' one in winter?

Sounds the best bet to me.

 

[STOL71]

Could be a cover for a spinnaker or whisker pole.

 

[Seajet]

Blimey, I thought wooly fender covers were a bit girlie, don't remember seeing a pole cover !

 

[Seasick Ian]

Shoe size 11 for reference.....As for the thing, it is 290 x 23 cm.

I was hoping someone would instantly recognise it as something, but it remains a mystery. A sail cover seems the most plausible explanation, especially seeing as the boat was originally setup with a roller-furling boom.



Thanks for everyone's input.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

..As for the thing, it is 290 x 23 cm.

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A width of 23cm gives a diameter of less than three inches. Hardly enough for a bare boom, let alone one that has a mainsail rolled up on it!

 

[MonniotC]

A width of 23cm gives a diameter of less than three inches. Hardly enough for a bare boom, let alone one that has a mainsail rolled up on it!

Although it need only cover the top half of the circumference. A comparison of the length of the thing with the length of the boom might be indicative.
To the OP - could we have the length of the boom please?

 

[Seasick Ian]

Well, I don't actually have the boat anymore; I found this thing lying around the other day and I always meant to figure out what it was for. The boom length is supposed to be 10'1" according to the Hurley Owners site. So it's a fairly close match.