The factory tried various ways to improve their products, and this was one way of shaving a bit off the overall weight of the Forty series.
Cast in aluminium they wouldn't have lasted long in the hands of some ham fisted sailors I know. These brackets are vary rare in the wild, I only know of this example.
Making the Featherweight truly featherweight.
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