Frogwatch wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Don White wrote:
JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:26:58 GMT, "scbafreak via BoatKB.com" u25927@uwe
wrote:


What, you've never heard the one about "your turn in the barrel"?

Yeah but the barrel is turned the wrong way. and I didn't see any holse in
it.


In the old days, of the great sailing ships, water was kept on deck in a
cask for sailors. It was rationed, and was therefore kept under guard.

Perhaps it's a water cask.


Or a fancy place to keep a life raft.

Hmm, the liferaft is actually in a case behind it to the right. The
object in question appears to be made from a single piece of wood held
together with those steel bands. The lifting eye that appears to be
coming out of it MAY simply be in the background. It is right next to
the cradle for the dinghy..........hmmmm. This sounds crazy but I
think it is related to the dinghy cradle. Could it be a wooden
counterweight for getting the heavy dinghy off the deck? It clearly is
not intended to float cuz you wouldnt varnish so nicely something you
were gonna put in the water. I doubt thst it is too massive cuz of the
size of the ropes holding it down and cuz its on cabin top.


The shape of the chocks caused me to think of a life raft, originally.
A typical canister raft would fit nicely into those chocks. But the
casual lashing leads me to believe it may be something less critical
than a life raft. And what about that snatchblock emerging from the
bung on the top of the barrel? Pretty puzzling.

Hmm........I'd say that it is the same diameter as the mast in the
background and is actually a piece from it. The white things it rests
in may be the clue. Could they be intended to be used to hold a part
of the mast when it is taken down. The mast behind looks seriously
massive, is it a two piece mast? Considering the steel reinforcing
bands, could it be a wooden cylinder into which another spar fits when
it is desired to lenghten said spar? It would be hoisted with that
eyelet and the spar fit into it.