When I bought my cat, a tool box full of parts was included$$$. Yesterday while rummaging for rudder spacers, I noticed several of a particullar item. An inch and half ring connected by three inch rod to another inch and half ring. I have never used such an item in rigging my cat. I am probably missing out on something. Anyone out there got advice?
<br>Thanks,
<br>Greg H14,H16<br><br>

Greg,
<br> No, I do not think you are rigging the cat wrong. There is no use for this three inch long item. The only thing I could imagine it being is when you are stepping the mast, it might be a extension for the bridle so you lever it down when you get off the trampoline. I thought it could have been extra rudder pins, but they are much much longer. Well, happy sailing.
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<br>Danny<br><br>

Your strange rings sound alot like trapeze dog bones to me. These rings attach with a bow shackle to the bottom loop of a trapeze wire and provide an extention for clipping your harness buckle to. <br><br>

there is a pin used to keep the mast attached to the mast step when raising and lowering the mast, its used with a ss bracket at the mast base that is removable. does your mystery rod fit the mast base bracket?<br><br>

Thanks for the responses.
<br>This object is not the pin for the mast stepper. Couldn't be since it looks like a dog bone as mentioned by a prior responder. Maybe a picture---> O---O
<br>The rings attached at the end of the rod remind me of rock climbing rings, the rod is welded to the rings. It looks like it might support 500 lbs.
<br> So far, I guess that a trap extender is the answer.
<br>Greg
<br>H14,H16<br><br>

chech item F on page 25 of the murrays catalog. is this it?
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<br>http://www.murrays.com/archive/24-25.pdf
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<br>dave taylor<br><br>

Yes. Looks just like it. For the other readers. It is a Dog bone (original trapeze equipment for H16).
<br>Thanks everyone for input.
<br>Greg
<br>H14,H16<br><br>

Yes I agree it sounds like the trapeze dog bones. I've bought a few old H16's to fix up and sell and your discription does sound like the old style trapeze dog bones.<br><br>