I saw something awhile back about how a line can be looped around the "typical" boat hook, and that was how they were designed to be used.
Of course now, I cannot find it. And I didn't practice it when I did see it... D'OH!
This wasn't some slick aftermarket device or clip on thing... this was an illustration of how to loop a line around the end of a boathook in such a manner as to be able to slip it onto something else.
I can't find it in the searches I am doing... the searches result in lots of aftermarket devices, but not that particular salty bit of nautical lore on how to do it with just a line and boathook.
At this point, I just hook the buoy and hang on with the boathook until everything stops moving (for the most part). I then lean under the lifeline and work the line into the mooring ball ring and back to the mothership and make both ends fast.
So if any of you trusty old salts know of a page, site or whatever that shows how boathooks are supposed to work, with a line, let me know... no doubt, we may all benefit.
Of course now, I cannot find it. And I didn't practice it when I did see it... D'OH!
This wasn't some slick aftermarket device or clip on thing... this was an illustration of how to loop a line around the end of a boathook in such a manner as to be able to slip it onto something else.
I can't find it in the searches I am doing... the searches result in lots of aftermarket devices, but not that particular salty bit of nautical lore on how to do it with just a line and boathook.
At this point, I just hook the buoy and hang on with the boathook until everything stops moving (for the most part). I then lean under the lifeline and work the line into the mooring ball ring and back to the mothership and make both ends fast.
So if any of you trusty old salts know of a page, site or whatever that shows how boathooks are supposed to work, with a line, let me know... no doubt, we may all benefit.