Bow fitting forward of anchor locker

[raptorfx]

Hi, does anyone know what the item in the red circle on the image below is?

[moctrams]

bollard


NOUN
a short, thick post on the deck of a ship or on a wharf, to which a ship's rope may be secured.

[Muaddib1116]

That looks far far too small to be a bollard or a bit. It's shorter than the aluminum toe rail. It's hard to tell with such a low res picture what it might actually be.

[raptorfx]

Thx @Muaddib1116. I tend to agree with you. I know what a bollard is but this looks more like a broken winch.

I zoomed in on the original photo. Hope this helps to better identify the piece.

[Muaddib1116]

That looks like the base of an old deck mounted block that was probably used to route the furling line.

[raptorfx]

I think you are right. I Googled what u said it could be and found similar looking pieces on the image search. Thanks:-) That helps a lot.