Hook and Moor - How cool is this

[Chris Hills]

See Below for new link

Edited August 22, 2014 by Chris Hills

[mark99]

http://videozop.com/video/456/a-very-cool-swedish-invention/

 

Link has malware attached to it.

[Chris Hills]

Here is original link, should have no malware

 

http://www.robship.com/en/products/HookMoor.aspx

[cheshire~rose]

I know the English language is a tricky one bit you would expect someone selling something to at least check it's right!

 

 

A unique innovation. The Hook & Moor boats hook helps you thread a mooring rope threw a mooring ring with a simple pull or push. Always ready to use. No loading, messenger or guide lines. Use the your real mooring line directly. Works as a ordinary boats hook when the hook head is in its locket position. Made in glass fibre reinforced PA 66 and forged aluminium. The telescopic versions becomes only 115cm in length when folded.

 

Edited August 22, 2014 by cheshire~rose

[BGA]

Something from the dark arts, good for the single hander even if a bit expensive.

[cheshire~rose]

It does look like it could be a useful bit of kit for people on rivers or who use harbours but failrly limited use for canals I suspect.

[Phil Ambrose]

Been around for donkeys years, had one on the Broads many years ago, as with all things can be useful but........

Phil

[Naughty Cal]

Been around for donkeys years, had one on the Broads many years ago, as with all things can be useful but........

Phil

 

Exactly.

 

Nothing new and a bit pointless

[Tesla]

We had one of these (when east coast yachting rather that narrow boating) and it found it to be fairly useless and quickly replaced by the traditional hook...

[nb Innisfree]

We bought one at a boat jumble years ago thinking it would be very handy, never found an opportunity to use it.

[Guest]

Mmmmmm as far as canals and most rivers go either a very expensive boat hook or a very expensive way to negate the need to step off your boat and back on it again (even where you need to!).

 

A classic example of solving a problem that doesn't really exist.

 

(The only real use for it that I could see in the video was tying off a GRP boat with a high bow off to a buoy, but even then I would wager that could be accomplished quite easily (and more cheaply!)

[ditchcrawler]

Wasn't it designed to pick up a buoy when mooring a yacht ?

[matty40s]

Wasn't it designed to pick up a buoy when mooring a yacht ?

The cliff Richard thread is elsewhere thank you.

[Guest]

Wasn't it designed to pick up a buoy when mooring a yacht ?

But wouldn't a bog standard boat hook achieve that? (a genuine question to the lumpy water boaters on here.)

[John V]

But wouldn't a bog standard boat hook achieve that? (a genuine question to the lumpy water boaters on here.)

 

Yes

[Ray T]

But wouldn't a bog standard boat hook achieve that? (a genuine question to the lumpy water boaters on here.)

A standard boat hook won't feed the rope through the eye of the buoy though.

[Guest]

A standard boat hook won't feed the rope through the eye of the buoy though.

Of course I understand that, but don't you just hook the buoy, lift it up, thread rope then drop buoy? (Again a genuine question.)

Edited August 22, 2014 by The Dog House

[John V]

Of course I understand that, but don't you just hook the buoy, lift it up, thread rope then drop buoy? (Again a genuine question.)

 

Yes

[Richard10002]

Of course I understand that, but don't you just hook the buoy, lift it up, thread rope then drop buoy? (Again a genuine question.)

Not if the buoy is heavy, or on a tight chain at high spring tide. In these cases you could lassoo the buoy to get tied up, then deal with feeding a line through the top ring at leisure.... or just leave the lassoo in some cases.

 

On buoys with strops hanging from the chain there is often an additional lightweight buoy on a rope attached to the strops that you can lift to bring the strop aboard.

Edited August 22, 2014 by Richard10002

[Kae]

Can't see that lasting more than a few attempts at mooring up at the rings in three inches of mud/dog poo/gravel.

[churchward]

Chuffin eck £150 for a fancy boat pole!