name this boat thing

[Adios]

Please tell me what this. Found with some other boat bits but no idea what it is

 

[Clancy Moped]

A deck fitting for something?

 

[Minerva]

Is it a collar that goes around the hydraulic steering arm on for an outboard as it comes out of the GRP moulding on a rib? Pretty sure our club safety ribs have something like those

 

[Adios]

A deck fitting for something?

seems to be for something yes

 

[Adios]

Is it a collar that goes around the hydraulic steering arm on for an outboard as it comes out of the GRP moulding on a rib? Pretty sure our club safety ribs have something like those

I don't think so. The rubbery part (feels quite stiff like PVC) will only close to about 2 inches across. Whatever goes through it would be about that diameter

 

[mjcoon]

Looks to me as if the collar is meant to fit on the other way round, so it screws to a surface (with a hole it). And then the boot emerges from the collar and is held onto the surface by the screw being tightened. Maybe too leaky for a through-hull but OK for something just splash-proof?

 

[Adios]

Looks to me as if the collar is meant to fit on the other way round, so it screws to a surface (with a hole it). And then the boot emerges from the collar and is held onto the surface by the screw being tightened. Maybe too leaky for a through-hull but OK for something just splash-proof?

excellent idea and yes that does fit perfectly the other way around. Just need to figure out what it was for

 

[ChromeDome]

It is an outboard cable grommet.

Google the term and see variants including:

 

[Adios]

It is an outboard cable grommet.

Google the term and see variants including:

thanks for clearing that up. I should have held it up sideways

 

[mjcoon]

It is an outboard cable grommet.

Google the term and see variants including:

Ah, it makes sense if "cable" is short for cable-tie, and is a variant of gaiter rather than grommet!

 

[ChromeDome]

Potato potarto...

It a is rubber harmonica wrinkle thingy to put something through, then tighten the strip to make it look tidy and avoid too much water or stuff to get in

Since common with outboards it may be an Amerian type of name.

 

[ChromeDome]

 

[mjcoon]

That's the worst advert I've seen!