Hook & Moor automatic boat hook - video and photo

[Jon]

Yup, the plastic and thin material they probably got wrong, but the concept is legitimate. This is good fodder for a homemade version of a beefier tool.

However, knowing our guys, I would not be surprised if someone on this forum knows a specialty knot to accomplish this same goal.

[Toolmaker51]

Yup, the plastic and thin material they probably got wrong, but the concept is legitimate. This is good fodder for a homemade version of a beefier tool.

However, knowing our guys, I would not be surprised if someone on this forum knows a specialty knot to accomplish this same goal.

There is a specialty not.......
..not be a freaking lubber.
Drop the beer or handful of butt.
Hop dockside and pass an eye through the cleat, over the bitt, or throw a hitch round that telephone pole sized timber holding whole dock in place.
That IS way you wear boat shoes, no?
Unless single handed, no logical purpose on the average weekender's 28 footer. If you have a boat and still no friends, something else is wrong.
Lol