What's this for?
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Maybe for grabbing a mooring buoy which has no pick up. Like the ones in Fowey. Hook on then attach lines and pull string to release temporary hook?
William_H
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Clearly used as a remote release attachment of some sort. As said probably for a mooring attachment. I imagine before departure you attach this to mooring and boat then remove the more robust or permanent mooring strop so on departure you can quickly and easily release it all from the deck. ol'will
Neeves
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Impossible to tell what its for.... just use your imagination
Owner needed a quick release for a Barber haul and used the kit he had on board
Jonathan
Owner needed a quick release for a Barber haul and used the kit he had on board
Jonathan
Dutch01527
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I have one of these. They are a commercial product that clips on to a special boat hook and is used to pick up a mooring body as described above.
I inherited it with a boat and have never used it.
I inherited it with a boat and have never used it.
ashtead
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Might be to help retrieve anchor chain if you don’t have an anchor windlass?
NormanS
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I have one of these things. As already said, the hook fits on to a boat hook, and can be used to pick up a mooring or a pontoon cleat. The thinking behind it is that some (particularly visitors) moorings, have no pick-up lines, and it is difficult from a high freeboard to thread a line through the eye on the buoy. Obviously, this device is only for temporary use, until a more permanent line is attached. Similarly, it can be used in reverse order, when leaving a mooring or berth.
In practice, I have never used it. I seem to remember that it was a freeby.
In practice, I have never used it. I seem to remember that it was a freeby.
Solostoke
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This also looks unused.
Thanks for the info. Every other item on the boat has a use and is perfect for the use. I do recall that he said he had a special boat hook but snapped it. Must have been that.
dansaskip
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I have something very similar and as others have said it's probably a clip for hooking onto a mooring bouy with no pick up strop. Have a look here and you will see what the fitting to attach to a pole looks like: I have mine fitted to a simple wooden polel and I find mine very handy on occasions.
Wichard Grab Mooring Hook with Torsion Spring Gate
Wichard Grab Mooring Hook with Torsion Spring Gate
ashtead
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Handy until you lose the pole I guess. I have a somewhat large hook without a pole but never been able to find a slider to fit the bar on back of hook . It would seem to have a US patent
ithet
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That does not look like the type of hook that fits onto a pole - I have one and they have a groove to slide into a track on the pole, I cannot see how the pictured hook would fit on a pole. Also the device pictured has a clever release cord which I have not seen on a commercial hook of that type. It looks custom made, possibly for a specific mooring.
RunAgroundHard
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It's a BOSCO 1000 boat hook, it states it on the side. Offered back in the late 80's early 90's to solve the issue of hooking onto visitor mooring style buoys with the steel loops on top, or other hoop / closed bar type mooring bits, as others have said above. If I remember correctly the clips for the boat hook pole could also be attached to other boat hooks poles.
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The BOSCO wire loop for hooking poles Bosco Boat Hook, boathook, docking, mooring, buoy hook, Marine, Boat, Yacht, Tools, Tool
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The BOSCO wire loop for hooking poles Bosco Boat Hook, boathook, docking, mooring, buoy hook, Marine, Boat, Yacht, Tools, Tool
LittleSister
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I have one of those pictured by the OP, together with pole. The name Bosco definitely rings a bell, but I bought it much more recently than the 1990s - perhaps about 10 years ago, quite possibly a bit less.
Pretty handy bit of kit - clip hook to pole; reach with pole to clip hook onto cleat, mooring buoy eye, horizontal rope or w.h.y, while hanging onto other end of the thick black rope attached to hook; withdraw pole and hook slide off of it; you're now attached to whatever by the black rope. To release, pull the white cord that runs inside the black rope and hook releases. n.b. watch out for hook swinging back on line and clattering against your beautiful glossy hull!
I'll try to remember to take a picture of the pole fitting to post here next time I come across it. (Can't remember just now if it's currently still on the boat, or among a lot of stuff I temporarily brought back from the boat and have stored in the depths of a dark, and currently very cold, shed.)
john_morris_uk
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Is it the hook part of one of these? The Ultimate Boat Hook | Extremely easy to use | Hook & Moor AB
We have one and it’s excellent.
We have one and it’s excellent.
Boathook
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I have a 'hook' and no slider until I made one out of some electrical trunking that riveted on to a boathook. It's ok for picking up a mooring but you then have to swap out, etc for proper mooring lines.
Daedelus
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I had a similar hook to the one on the left. Never used it for buoys but it was big enough to grab the horrible scaffold type mooring arrangements on the ends of French pontoons and save the crew trying to thread a load of line through to secure things on berthing.
LittleSister
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No, it's not.
LittleSister
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If I remember correctly, the 'scaffold' loops on the end of French pontoons (the work of the Devil!) are too thick for the OP's (and my) '?Bosco?' hook to latch onto.
ashtead
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boathook thank you - The idea of using trunking certainly worth a try I did find the Us patent for our hook but it has never had a pole - I think it might be USA originated.
alahol2
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I've got the same hook, no pole. I made my slider from a short piece of plastic water pipe slit lengthwise. Yours looks neater then mine so I may well copy it. Thanks...
