Best wood for long boathook?

I have just acquired a proper Davey & Co "Grabit" boathook from eBay for a very modest amount, after five years of looking. I could pretend that I need a new pole for it, hence posting to this thread, but really I'm just showing off.

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Note: it's not for sale. I don't look for bargains on eBay, or elsewhere, to make a quick profit.
 
JumbleDuck said:
I have just acquired a proper Davey & Co "Grabit" boathook from eBay for a very modest amount, after five years of looking. I could pretend that I need a new pole for it, hence posting to this thread, but really I'm just showing off.

davey-company-bronze-grabit-boathook-3.gif


Note: it's not for sale. I don't look for bargains on eBay, or elsewhere, to make a quick profit.
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My boat came with a similar thing (called "The Buoy-Friend" ;) ) which is useless
 
jerrytug said:
My boat came with a similar thing (called "The Buoy-Friend" ;) ) which is useless
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I'm not sure that I'll dare try to use it. It currently lists at £235, and it's jolly heavy: Ye Law of Sodde dictates that in due course I would be gazing in horror as two hundred and fifty (replacement) quids' worth of boat hook sank to the bottom of the sea. I may just admire it and buff it up from time to time. Mind you, "I was just lying in my bunk, giving my boat hook a quick polish" has perhaps a slightly unfortunate ring to it.
 
Fox's Marina chandlery Ipswich used to sell extra long boathooks, I had one on my 48 ton ketch for 8 years and it performed magnificently in many situations....its probably still on the boat which I sold.
 
Are they the nifty devices that you can use to hook a mooring buoy, risk it going wrong and leaving you the choice of letting go the boat hook (not likely at £235) or get bodily dragged out of the boat?
 
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