What are these two large round things hanging from the cabin top?

[Paul Pless]

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

I can see the edge of a fly reel - top right and nearest the camera - the other one looks like some sort of electric light.

[Paul Pless]

no... i'm referring to the things at the other end of the cabin, one on either side - they're identical to each other

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

The sort of huge cotton-reel like things?

My first thought was "Reel Winch" - but that's probably nonsense.

Some sort of ventilator?
Storage for dry goods?

[Paul Pless]

The sort of huge cotton-reel like things?

yeah those things

maybe dude's a reel serious fisherman and they're extra spools of backing

[Paul Pless]

as an aside, its a really interesting cabin

[sailboy3]

maybe dude's a reel serious fisherman

[Paul Pless]

i do my best

[rbgarr]

Bingo cages.

[Thad]

I thought fans. The brocade shades that roll up cover quite large windows. Quite the set up. The guages, the wheel, the view out forward. Note that the quay side shades are down and it's night. Now, Paul, where did the pic come from? You must know more.

[J P]

Might they be line dryers for vintage linen fishing line?

[Hal Forsen]

Looks like old fashion drying reels for linen fishing line.

[BETTY-B]

"
Those cylinders are actual original linen line dryers (old fishing line). After fishing all day they would spool up the line to dry on these large line dryers. These are quite rare and still have some of the original linen line. Don't see linen line to often these days."

Posted by Sauk when he first came around.

[Paul Pless]

I thought fans. The brocade shades that roll up cover quite large windows. Quite the set up. The guages, the wheel, the view out forward. Note that the quay side shades are down and it's night. Now, Paul, where did the pic come from? You must know more.

I ripped it from a posting by vinny&shaun explaining to somebody how to post pics. Wish I knew more, it is a very interesting picture.

[ron ll]

Could be a very old picture. Can anyone see any modern give-aways in it?

[BETTY-B]

I'm surprised you guys all missed the boat when he first came around.

[David G]

After the most cursory of glances, I was gonna suggest that they might be casks for gravity-fed delivery of vital spirits. Run in one, and Port in t'other? <G>

[nedL]

Well that's a pretty neat thing. I've always known of linen fishing line & knew it had to be dried to make it last, but I never know the 'how' of drying it. (I even have a have a spool of never used stuff at home). - Learn something new all the time.

[Doug Wood]

no, they're hamster wheels

[ILikeRust]

Geez, I can't believe nobody has gotten it yet.

They're clearly gronicles.

[ILikeRust]

But seriously -

Here is a better photo showing the drying reel:

[ILikeRust]

Check out the interior photos. That is one gorgeous boat.

http://www.idamay.org/InteriorPhotos.html

[Doug Wood]

Check out the interior photos. That is one gorgeous boat.

http://www.idamay.org/InteriorPhotos.html

understatement

[Bob Triggs]

Might they be line dryers for vintage linen fishing line?

I thought that too.

[Tom Robb]

Quite the boat.

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

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A hell of a back-rest angle on those settees though....

My Dad was fishing with green linen line after the war. I tried it before I switched to nylon, before I stopped fishing altogether.

[Vince Brennan]

An aside, since there are so many knowledegable folks here... is there anyone still making that line?

[Ian McColgin]

Have you checked Natural Craft Supplies. Donno about specificly fishing line, but lots of interesting strings.

[AlanL]

Sub-woofers of course.

[Bob (oh, THAT Bob)]

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A hell of a back-rest angle on those settees though....

It's just the wide lens playing tricks with your eyes. Otherwise the walls of the house would...oh never mind.

This talk about the linen line is as interesting as the drying reels. I never would have guessed, had I thought about what they used before nylon and braided dacron, I would have guessed cotton or even wool, and silk for fly fishing, as rope fibers were too coarse.

[CapnJ2ds]

They're clearly gronicles.

Gronicles be damned! They're a handed pair of scrungers.

[JimD]

Cabin needs some windows. I'm climbing the walls just looking at it.

[Raka025]

But seriously -

Here is a better photo showing the drying reel:

How would leather seats like this hold up in a marine environment?

[Hal Forsen]

An aside, since there are so many knowledegable folks here... is there anyone still making that line?

Hi Vince,
I'm fairly certain there is still a small rich group, members of the Catalina Tuna Club who still fish for marlin with linen line.
http://www.ecatalina.com/catalina-hi...tuna-club.html
I'm not sure where they get the line but I'll try and find out.
If you are looking for sources for fancy work you may want to check ebay for "Cuttyhunk Line" and linen thread is still available.
http://www.royalwoodltd.com/cat14-17aw.htm

[TimH]

Those seats look quite uncomfortable. Are you supposed to be sitting up or laying back? The halfway thing doesnt cut it.

[ILikeRust]

Cabin needs some windows. I'm climbing the walls just looking at it.

It's all windows - the blinds are down. See pic above, where a couple of the blinds are partially up.

[Hal Forsen]

Here's a shot of the aft cabin before her restoration was finished to give you a better look at the windows....
Plenty of light in that space with the brocade curtains up.
The port line dryer's in sight as well........

[Bob Cleek]

You've got just 3 days and 6 hours left to buy some! Currently bid at ten bucks on FleaBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FISHING-...23135016r30935

Sunset Line and Twine was, for many, many, years, housed in a 19th Century industrial building in Petaluma, CA, originally built as a silk mill. They'd bring the silk in from Asia by sailing ship and spin it into cloth there. Sunset made just about any sort of line you could imagine, including the parachute cord for the NASA space capsules, but really specialized in fine fishing line.

They still do, but a few years ago were bought out and moved to Kansas. If you google "Sunset Line and Twine," you'll see a bunch of pictures posted of the old mill as it was closed down. It was quite a time capsule. The former owner demonstrated a fishing line braiding machine for me once. It was an incredibly amazing piece of machinery. The building is on the historic register, IIRC, and is going to be preserved as a combination office building and museum or such, but is on hold at present since the economy took a dump.

I think that the new owners took some of the original machinery back to Kansas. It used to be that Sunset did custom orders pretty regularly. Perhaps the new owners will also. It wouldn't take much to load some Irish linen up on one of those braiding machines and spin off a few reels of cuttyhunk.

http://www.sunsetlineandtwine.com/