What is this?

[Nick F]

Found in the lazarette of my GB42 which I bought last year. It is 20 inches long.

 

[psneeld]

Part of emergency tiller?

 

[Nick F]

Part of emergency tiller?

No - I have the emergency tiller

 

[sunchaser]

A bar for tightening anchor clutch?

 

[ScottC]

What size engines do you have? Water ski tow bar?

 

[OldDan1943]

Metal or plastic?

 

[hmason]

Never saw that on the 2 GB's I've owned. Only sure way to know what it's for is to throw it away. In a week or so you'll discover what it's for.

 

[PhilPB]

Maybe it's a white tube with an eyelet

 

[Nick F]

Metal or plastic?

Metal - seems quite skookum.

 

[KnotYet]

I would look for matching holes to those two on the right side in the picture.
Maybe a bow extension pole for the anchor rode or something else that could
need a stand-off, like the davit or a stern anchor line or even signal flag halyards.

 

[OldDan1943]

Never saw that on the 2 GB's I've owned. Only sure way to know what it's for is to throw it away. In a week or so you'll discover what it's for.

+1. Put it back where you found it so you can find it again.

 

[Nick F]

I dont think it is anything Grand Banks related. Possibly the arm of a trap-puller or outboard motor davit.

 

[tiltrider1]

Possibly an extension for your boom or a spreader bar for lifting a dingy.

 

[OldDan1943]

Ah ha, it is another of the famous, “it’s on the boat.” Item

 

[SteveK]

It looks new, no visible wear and tear.
Both ends are capped so not part of an extension. It is metal, perhaps aluminium. The eye at left end does not have much in the way of strenght.
The only guess I got is a pennant or curtuosy flag staff.

 

[Simi 60]

Throw it away, you clearly don't need it.

Until next week, then you'll know exactly what it is for.

 

[High Wire]

Something to help pick up a dog? Clearly some bits are missing.

 

[O C Diver]

I don't think it's original to your GB 42, seems the wrong material for that era. I would think it's for something on your boat or was on your boat, maybe like a newer dinghy accessory.

Ted

 

[Old Sea Dog]

Contact previous owner and offer to sell it back to him.

 

[jungpeter]

It's a "glut". You hold it upright, fill it with beer, and when you tip it to drink from it, it goes "glut, glut, glut..."

 

[AlaskaProf]

It's a "glut". You hold it upright, fill it with beer, and when you tip it to drink from it, it goes "glut, glut, glut..."

No. It's a "glook." Toss it over the side, and it goes "glook."

 

[Nick F]

Found it !

https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Powered-Line-Hauler-Puller/dp/B01MQ19LVK

It is the arm of a trap puller.

 

[KnotYet]

Good catch! Do you have the rest of it?

 

[Nick F]

Good catch! Do you have the rest of it?

No - previous owner (who I never met) took the trap puller off.

 

[Old Sea Dog]

Now ask double..

 

[rgano]

Why don't you have an emergency tiller on that GB42? They come equipped with 'em as well as the hole in the deck needed to attach them for action.

 

[Nick F]

Why don't you have an emergency tiller on that GB42? They come equipped with 'em as well as the hole in the deck needed to attach them for action.

I do have an emergency tiller.

 

[rgano]

I do have an emergency tiller.

It must have been something I misread! Opps.

 

[SteveK]

Found it !

https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Powered-Line-Hauler-Puller/dp/B01MQ19LVK

It is the arm of a trap puller.

So what you found was a spare arm. There would be no need to separate from the main assembly as pictured. Glad this is over I did not sleep last night,

 

[PhilPB]

Guess it's time to either toss it, stow it on board just in case (you never know), or put it in the garage.