OK . . . . what the heck is this?
 

Anybody know what these square aluminum tubes are? Its on a 35 Cig Flatdeck and they are mounted under the rear seat and stick through a hole in the bulkhead into the bilge. Pretty stout construction to. I'm sure its something simple but i cant figure it out :cool-smiley-011:

Could it be a drain ??? One hell of a drain! hahaha

no, they are welded together. Stacked like in the pic and pretty heavy duty. The flange on the inside has a nice weld on it, it was specifically built for something. Atleast it sure looks like it. :cool-smiley-011:

Possibly a bracket for an easily removable rear seat or inflatable life raft (if a race boat). Are there scratches on the inside of the tubes from something sliding in or out?

I was kind of thinking along those same lines. Maybe some sort of holder for something. there is no markings around it of any kind.

maybe a bracket to add a tow pilon for water ski racing? Is it on both sides?

stripper pole mount? :D

nope . . . only on one side

may not be what it is but i like that idea so far :cool-smiley-011:

place to clamp a kicker outboard for a dinghy while not in use?

Wonder why they're staggered and angle-cut in the bilge area?

I'm sure the stagger and angle have something to do with it. Dosent seem like any secure way to clamp a kicker outboard to it with any real safety.

Was it for cable routing? Did the throttle / shift cables run through there?

maybe a mount for a hoist to remove an engine?

no, it is mounted roughly on center with the port engine but i dont believe it has anything to do with that motor. heres a little better view of where its located. its about 2 inches off the floor of the cockpit under the rear seat, comes out in the bilge on top of the ledge where the tanks at. Heres a pic out of the boat.

It protected the gun barrels of both short and long rifles or autos.

an old smugglers boat....maybe

nope, i believe it was bought from the original owner. i have looked at it several times and am stumped

why cant you ask the Orig owner.

this is more fun :D

Chit you stumped BIG DADDY :D
maybe this mac daddy was mounted in there

I think I got it !?! Being 100% Italian and alway's thinking about food.......... A bracket for a portable Barbecue !?!?:cool-smiley-011:

I bet you saw a few of those back in the day didnt ya ... cool and scary all at the same time :cool-smiley-011:

Cant be for guns, where its mounted there would be no way to pull 'em quickly. This is really puzzling, 400+ veiws and notta :confused:

This is so simple, They are there to keep the wiggeling pins from falling out of the wobbeling holes.

To connect the whosits to the whatsits?

Damn, it was hard enough to get out, you didn't get it stuck again, did ya'?
:)

Its all in the name of science, an since its related to your boat i figured i could bill you for the time spent "researching" this on OSO :D

Fume vent? :cool-smiley-027:

so that's what she said:cool-smiley-026:

I beg to differ with you. That's the mount for the dual focal metering rod. :D

That would be my guess! :p

think the boat ever ran nitrous.... carry on carry off ?

I have the answer!!!! the thing actually serves no real purpose.. it was designed and installed simply to make people like Dave ask questions!!!!!

now that makes sense . . . . . . (to me anyway):D



hows the ice boating Rob? (you know it is still a sail boat dont ya)

condom holder?

Puzzled on that one...................

Uh huh. Nice.

How about a place to run fuel lines from a portable tank under the rear seat?

Is the engine room sealed otherwise?.......could just be drains so if the engine room bilge filled up it would move forward?