Something to do with a boat?

[fuss]

I find all sorts of things on the beaches of lake Michigan here in South East Wisconsin. This is a head scratcher for me anyone recognize what it might be for? I'm guessing something for a boat.

 

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[releventchair]

Look up "tug cleats". (?)

 

[Red-Coat]

Look up "tug cleats". (?)

Yes... also known as a 'clam cleat'... to improve your grip while protecting your hands when tensioning lines.

 

[A2coins]

quick ID

 

[fuss]

Yes very quick ID, thx much!

 

[Peyton Manning]

Looks like a bottle cap opener

 

[Red-Coat]

Looks like a bottle cap opener

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[Peyton Manning]

I don’t pull ropes

 

[wainzoid]

I don’t pull ropes

It's easier than pushing one

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I don’t pull ropes

If you have the strength to 'pop a top', then you have the potential to pull a rope buddy!
Dave

 

[Duckshot]

I used to use one of those all the time when I was a windsurfer. I used it to pull the downhaul on the sail to tension the mast and cams.

 

[Kray Gelder]

I used to use one of those all the time when I was a windsurfer. I used it to pull the downhaul on the sail to tension the mast and cams.

How do you let go in a hurry? Always the safety freak, and former boater and sailor, I'm reluctant to wrap any line under tension around any body part.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for the post, I learned something!

 

[Duckshot]

How do you let go in a hurry? Always the safety freak, and former boater and sailor, I'm reluctant to wrap any line under tension around any body part.

Kray, that knurled part that grabs the line is called a jamb cleat. The way to rig a windsurfing foil is to insert the mast into the sail's pocket and lash the boom to the mast. Then there is a jamb cleat fixed to the mast base with a block and tackle to assist with leverage. You rig the pulleys to your downhaul, stick your handle cleat on the dead end, pull the line until the mast assumes the proper shape, then fix the line to the base cleat. It takes a lot of tension with some sails and the line is usually really thin. The handle us then stored away until the foil is taken apart.

See that loop of line attached to handle cleat? When I sailed I would run the dead end of the cleated downhaul through that loop and wrap it above the mast tenon so the handle cleat would be handy when I needed to take the sail apart.

As far as letting go of lines, that's what knives are for.