Real metal boat hooks

[JackFrobisher]

I have one of these as well as a wood and plastic one. SWMBO prefers to use the w/p one and I prefer to use the Exe.

http://www.exebuoyhook.co.uk/

 

[2nd_apprentice]

Received my boat crook (see Dylan's post) two weeks ago and very pleased with it. Well worth the money and IMHO superior to most modern designs.

 

[rustybarge]

Thanks for the replies. Have indeed Googled bronze boat hook but so far have found nothing in the UK which is available. Some brass stuff, of course. In the US, on the other hand, they have these - just what I'm looking for:

http://www.shawandtenney.com/boat-hooks.htm

This looks nice....http://marinestore.co.uk/Davey_Single_Boathook__Strap_Gunmetal_8_inch.html

 

[ditchcrawler]

I have had the Exe boathook for a few years now and it is excellent.

 

[joha]

I have had the Exe boathook for a few years now and it is excellent.

+ 1 been using one for two seasons now very pleased with it.

 

[NFCN]

Just for you here's the website reference. The larger one is £59.11 plus VAT = £70.93

http://www.classicmarine.co.uk/boat...&strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=1

Don't forget the two bronze screws at £0.22 each plus VAT...

Plus the stave plus some varnish. Plus postage. The boat hook is going to cost over £100 before you know it.

PS How come you keep breaking the plastic ones?

Thank you all. Breaking them is easy when you have enthusiastic, male, young crew and a skipper who doesn't always pay attention. I have both on my yacht, and I'm the latter. Most recently it was a case of trying to heave a huge buoy 6 feet out of the water at the bow instead of waiting for it to come alongside midships where the freeboard is much less...

 

[pvb]

Thank you all. Breaking them is easy when you have enthusiastic, male, young crew and a skipper who doesn't always pay attention. I have both on my yacht, and I'm the latter. Most recently it was a case of trying to heave a huge buoy 6 feet out of the water at the bow instead of waiting for it to come alongside midships where the freeboard is much less...

You might consider buying your enthusiastic crew a Handy Duck - I wouldn't be without mine!

 

[lw395]

I have a stout, well rounded plastic boathook head on a 5ft or so wooden stave.
I forget who made it, but it is a standard head from a chandler ages ago.
If you break that sort of thing, it is probably saving you damaging anything else.
Traditional metal hooks have their place on working boats and so forth, but on a yacht the only issue should be that a pickup buoy or other mooring is out of arm's reach.
Also, a short boathook is sometimes better, being handier, the job is done more quickly before the yacht starts drifting and big forces come into play.

 

[Loggo]

I seem to remember that Sheridan Marine (you know - the Freeman people) have a selection of metal/wooden boathooks.

 

[Swg]

I bought the Davey and co hook plus stave. They are balanced to float with the end of the stave sticking up from the sea. I know this because my 9 yr lld struggle to wield it and dropped it, bashing the gel coat on its way. Beautiful, brilliant to fend off rocks, great for intimidating any close by boats, indestructible but not without their probs!

 

[alan_d]

The big advantage of an alloy boathook is that it is easy to use one-handed, so you can use the other hand for something else (usually hanging on to the rigging in my case).