Yet another "what is this thing?" thread

In My Humble Opinion
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Our back yard looks out over the Atlantic Ocean on the North Shore of Boston. We see sailboats, power boats, jet skiers, kayakers (but not, AFAIK, @kayaker) and fishing boats, including lobstermen who leave lobster pots and their distinctive float markers in our “back yard.”

But we’ve never seen one of these before:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pyE7L54GmE2Fg8FB9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/nHNHFCbMpLxHxCiQ6

(Sorry they’re fuzzy, but they were taken with my phone at max zoom.)

It looks like a big inner tube you might use to float down a river, except it appears to be triangular, not circular. I’m guessing it’s about 3-4 feet across. It hasn’t moved since 8/30, so it’s anchored, not random flotsam.

My first thought was a raft or floating platform a scuba diver might use, but there’s no red diver’s flag, and it’s been there more than two days.

Any ideas?

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Not really, but it looks somewhat like a coffin.

It may have “crossed oceans of time to find you.”

3

Possibly a bumper, with a line still attached. Free floated to the shallows, where the line is now hooked on something.

4

Maybe an anchorage? I’ve seen people drop a chunk of concrete with chain attached to a float, creating an anchorage point.

5

Could it just be a small inflatable dinghy? Something like this:3D Tender 230 Superlight Twin Air Inflatable Dinghy Black 2.3m - Pirates Cave Chandlery

Edit: or a toy/leisure version of same, if it really is as small as OP estimates

Or this: Rapala FT 120 Float Tube Belly Boat + Foot Pump Flippers Repair Kit Carry Bag | eBay

6

It’s the ocean’s version of a black helicopter. Tighten your foil hat!

7

If you’re concerned, contact the Coast Guard and ask them to check it out.

8

Maybe somebody’s tryin’ ta ketch hisself a SHARK!
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