southace said..
I hate boat hooks and poles! I would prefer to jump on dock with a line in my hand rather than having poles and hooks trying to do the job. Anyway that's just me!
Not a clever routine when sailing solo though! I prefer to stay on deck.
That's a clever piece of kit though. On my previous yacht that was much lighter and easily blown about when mooring I had a boat hook made from an old game fishing rod blank. The hook was stainless and in a shape like the old lamb hook. Had about 30 feet of nylon rope attached so that if I got in strife I could hang back on that if it all went pear shaped. The idea being if I turned up to my mooring in adverse conditions I could sail past the buoy and hook on from the cockpit having already led the rope through the bow. I never did get to use it.
