boathooks
Docking grab tools
Boathooks are long poles with a hook at one end, used to push off from or pull toward docks, moorings, or other boats.
Standard equipment on vessels of all sizes, they help with tasks that would otherwise require someone to jump or lean dangerously: She grabbed the boathook and pulled the dinghy alongside.
Cylindrical shaft or extremity
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- deckShip's flat surface
- dockingConnecting to a port
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
marina · aluminum · fiberglass · wooden · telescoping · fixed · handle · grip
Mooring structure at water's edge
- cleatShoe spike for grip
- pilingStructural support column
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- ropeThick twisted fibers
buoy · slip · pier · wharf · jetty · bollard · fender · tie-up
pole
Cylindrical shaft or extremity
mooring · marina · aluminum · fiberglass · wooden · telescoping · fixed · handle · grip · ferrule
dock
Mooring structure at water's edge
rope · buoy · slip · pier · wharf · jetty · bollard · fender · tie-up · berthing
retrieval
Act of getting back
debris · reach · grab · emergency · assistance · capsized · swimmer · current · drift · snagging
punt
Kick before landing
coracle · barge · narrowboat · canal · river · poling · steering · shallow · waterway · navigation
boathooksoars
Bladed poles for boats
paddles · motors · propellers · sails · rowing oars