Hard to Find (What Is This Thing?)

Bob Adams of the Ericson 35 Escape wrote, "Have you seen one of these before?"

Bob, who keeps his boat at Richmond Yacht Club, explained the mystery object, "It’s a wrench that we use to disassemble our two speed winches. You insert it into the top of the winch, just like a regular winch handle, and the hole in the center allows you to access the Allen screw to remove the top. It’s been on our boat for decades and none of us know where it came from. We’d like to get a spare but I’ve checked with several chandleries and searched online, but no one has ever heard of it. Any help in finding another or even knowing what to call it would be appreciated. Thanks."

Please email us here if you can help Bob out, if you’ve got another ‘thing-a-ma-bob’ in the tool bag, or want a clever tool that would solve all the world’s problems but no one’s ever heard of.