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binky
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Initially Posted - 12/13/2012 :  14:13:17  Show Profile
Not promoting any one supplier....just a good deal I came across today at West Marine. They are offering a telescopic (53in to 8ft) floating boat hook for 1/2 price, reg 29.99 for 14.99. This sale is TODAY ONLY. I bought two today.....one is a backup for when the other falls overboard and floats away, though I should be able to retrieve it now.
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 12/14/2012 :  07:50:03  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
I think we are up to 3 boat hooks. They have them on sale for $10 at the boat show every year, and every year I buy another one.

They are an accumulation item for me, but how can you turn down the deal of the day???
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 12/14/2012 :  10:06:09  Show Profile
I think we have 3 as well. They are only used a couple of times per year though (maybe once every 20-30 sailing trips). What am I missing, how useful are they really?
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 12/14/2012 :  11:14:56  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by awetmore</i>
<br />I think we have 3 as well. They are only used a couple of times per year though (maybe once every 20-30 sailing trips). What am I missing, how useful are they really?
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I get someone on the bow with one every time we leave/return to the slip. They are rarely used, but are a good insurance against dock rash/missed landings.

Also handy for passing beer from one boat to the next. (Put beer in bag, put bag at end of boat hook)

They make a good cross-pole for a sunshade on teh boom (8X10 Tarp run along boom, 2 boathooks to hold it out/up, cordage to hold it down.)

In a pinch they can be used as a whisker pole, like say at the start of teh season when you forget to bring your whisker pole to teh boat for the first race. Just be sure you can lash it to the mast well, and the wind isn't too strong.

Recovering stuff from the water (people even!) works with them.

One of the betetr cheapy upgrades I have done was to install beckson clipper clips nest to teh pop-top. Makes storage and retreival of the boathook a cinch, and keeps them from getting underfoot.

http://ca.binnacle.com/p2385/BECKSON-CLIPPER-CLIP-CLP-1-7/8%22-TO-1%22-RANGE/product_info.html
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 12/14/2012 :  13:26:37  Show Profile
The <u>proper</u> way to pass beer: drink one and pass the boathook through the empty loop to pass the other 5.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 12/15/2012 :  20:07:39  Show Profile
I have two 3-section telescoping poles - I use them for everything.
When going out, I raise the fenders and put them up on the gunwales, and on my return I drop the fenders.
The pole is good for wrapping the halyards around the spreaders when mooring to prevent slapping halyards.
I use one to land on my floating dock. I grab a cleat or the other boat's docklines to hang on to the dock. Once I'm next to the dock, I'll step off the boat, then grab the handrail or a stanchion to keep the boat in place as I make the docklines fast to the cleats.
I also have a six-seven foot fixed pole that is handy for quick jobs.
I like that the boat pole floats. I've dropped one overboard, and have gone back more than once to perform a "pole overboard" drill.
There's no way I would be able to single hand without them.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 12/15/2012 :  22:26:56  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
We've got two, one is extendable from about 4-8' or so, the other is a fiberglass painter's pole that extends from about 6-18 feet. We almost never have to extend it, so I have to be careful to clean & lubricate it on a regular basis or it doesn't want to extend at all. We also have a whisker pole, and a spinnaker pole, neither of which I've ever used.
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PCP777
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Response Posted - 12/19/2012 :  08:35:20  Show Profile
I have the one with the paddle on the end of it, saved me one night when my prop got fouled.
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redviking
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Response Posted - 12/20/2012 :  20:30:29  Show Profile
Warning, they don't float for long.

Sten
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redviking
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Response Posted - 12/20/2012 :  21:13:22  Show Profile
Warning, they don't float for long.

Sten
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 12/21/2012 :  14:39:13  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by redviking</i>
<br />Warning, they don't float for long.

Sten
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We heard you the first time!
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redviking
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Response Posted - 12/21/2012 :  22:32:36  Show Profile
Why does it double post when I post from my Droid phone?
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Alan Clark
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Response Posted - 12/22/2012 :  08:16:15  Show Profile
I Like Daves Idea..Better Yet Drink Two..Makes it lighter to pass
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