What are these for?

[Karl]

Attached are two pictures of some kind of supports that extend horizontally out from each side of the top of my half tower and are about a foot long. Can anyone tell me what they are for? Karl

 

[Passages]

Swing sets for the kids?

Waterski tow rope?

A very short outrigger?

 

[krazy8]

Use to see them on some tower boats but there were 2 on each side , one spaced over the other and them a cable was pulled between them and you could fly your US Flag and your Port of Call Flag from them

 

[J's Dream]

Attached are two pictures of some kind of supports that extend horizontally out from each side of the top of my half tower and are about a foot long. Can anyone tell me what they are for? Karl

Below those (or above) about 2 or 3 feet, do you have a pad eye or a small pulley? If so, they're there to run a line in a loop, and fly flags from them.

Jason

 

[Banshee36]

To fly the Martini flag for Happy hour!!!!

 

[Boss Lady]

So you can fly Marlin, Sail, or other catch flags so you can brag on the way to the dock in tournament fishing.

 

[Top Shelf]

Pipewelders Tower? Lace a Glass Eye to the half tower tube below them and string halyards for flags. That's what they're there for.....Thx.

 

[Seasessin]

I have them on my 32 sportfish and could mot figure them out either untill I went on a charter and saw that the Captain had run a small line to the outrigger and used the line to raise the outriggers from the tower. I don't know if this is what they were placed there for but they work well for that purpose.

 

[Karl]

Thanks for the suggestions. My boat happens to be a 32' Hatt also. I thought they might be there for flags, but there is nothing to tie them to below those pipes.

Considering other innocos suggestions made, I will add mine and that would be, from which to hang undesireable guests by their thumbs.

Karl

 

[sea trial]

Attached are two pictures of some kind of supports that extend horizontally out from each side of the top of my half tower and are about a foot long. Can anyone tell me what they are for? Karl

they are flag halyards

 

[trogers]

For incredibly small and ineffective flopper stoppers?

 

[luckydave215]

They are the attach point for your model sailboat lifting tackle.