Best Boat Hook?

Don't know why you guys don't have a hook rope handy. If I miss picking up gear with the gaff I have a small heavy four point grapnel on 30ft of 10mm rope (already made fast) to throw at it. Useful for pulling gear up the quay, retrieving lost items, hooking up the rope that's in the prop, chucking at pontoons ect ect.
 
Searush said:
That's the little one without postage isn't it? Still a stupid price for a boat hook, but if it's what you are prepared to pay, good luck to you. I'd rather have a bottle of malt & make two for that money.
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Well if you've never used a boat crook you don't know what you're missing!
Enjoy your Malt.:)

1.8m is not exactly small for a boat hook.
 
TiggerToo said:
we lost half of ours last Sat trying to pull out a mooring bridle in a fast flowing spring tide.

What replacement would you advise?
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Best one I've had is an old telescopic one,heavy alloy tube but bolted together instead of telescoping-about 8 foot. Home made S/S wide mouth hook that will pick up the opening in a small pickup or get the line first time. I find the plastic ones ineffective and worry about them falling apart. Not completely unfounded fears by the sound of it. Spare is a Lidl £7.00 bargain-not used it but its in the locker in just case.
 
I've never heard of anyone actually spending money on one of these, well, any more than buying a broom hilt or spade handle. Astonishing.

Make a grapnel with a bit of s/s tube, some s/s bar suitably bent, shove up the tube and fill with lead.
 
ffiill said:
My usual problem is I have been out 10 hours single handed and quite f.... so when after circling a suitable mooring several times and allowed for wind and current;I put the engine out of gear;leave my pilot house steering postion;head towards the bow;pick up the ready boat hook and try to catch the pick up bouy
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Well - if it were me, I'd run a line up from a spare winch, through the bow fitting and back along the outside to wherever the nearest bit of the rail is to your pilothouse. On the end of the line I'd have one of those oversized snap-hook thingies that fit onto a pole. (Make your own from scrap stainless - doesn't look that difficult to make)

I reckon something like that would take the drama out of picking up a mooring single-handed. Then, once you're hooked onto the seabed, you could pull-up to, and secure to the buoy at your leisure ...
 
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electrosys said:
Well - if it were me, I'd run a line up from a spare winch, through the bow fitting and back along the outside to wherever the nearest bit of the rail is to your pilothouse. On the end of the line I'd have one of those oversized snap-hook thingies that fit onto a pole. (Make your own from scrap stainless - doesn't look that difficult to make)

I reckon something like that would take the drama out of picking up a mooring single-handed. Then, once you're hooked onto the seabed, you could pull-up to, and secure to the buoy at your leisure ...
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Silly sod, you're taking all the fun & excitement out of it. And I have it on good authority that you shouldn't tell people what to do. :D

Helping people? Harrumph, Whatever next!!! :eek:

I love this form!! Great fun.
 
i have two wooden poles that used to open the top windows at my old school so that would make them 40 years old give or take and they float !!
 
Boat hooks

For something cheap and cheerful that does the job, Gael Force are selling extendable alloy one for £8 in their autumn sale. Mine is OK after three years but make sure the rubber hand grip is glued on.
 
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