Drying rack and associated methods

A drying rack, comprising:

• a coupling mechanism configured to couple to a boat using a hollow cylinder having a cylindrical cavity;
• a supporting member coupled to the coupling mechanism at two locations on a side of the hollow cylinder;
• a cross member coupled to the supporting member such that an overall longest length of the cross member is substantially perpendicular to an overall longest length of the supporting member;
• and
• at least one hanger coupled to the cross member, the at least one hanger configured to hang a wet material to dry;
• wherein the cross member is configured to pivot, relative to the supporting member, in a plane parallel with an axis of the cylindrical cavity, to a plurality of positions, at least one of the plurality of positions of the cross member allowing the overall longest length of the cross member to be positioned substantially parallel to a deck of the boat.

A drying rack, comprising:

• a coupling mechanism configured to attach to a boat tower of a boat by fully circumscribing a bar of the boat tower in a tight configuration;
• and
• four parallel hangers coupled to the coupling mechanism, each of the four parallel hangers configured to hang a wet material to dry such that the wet material will not drip onto a deck of the boat;
• wherein each of the four parallel hangers comprises two slots and each slot is defined by two rigid, non-bendable inward projecting arms extending towards one another, the two slots of each of the four parallel hangers configured to together receive a life jacket by each slot receiving a shoulder portion of the life jacket;
• wherein each inward projecting arm at least partially defines a slot opening of one of the slots, each slot opening having a lateral dimension that is smaller than a lateral dimension of the slot to which the slot opening provides access, and;
• wherein each slot is aligned with at least three other slots along a direction perpendicular with an overall longest length of each of the four parallel hangers.