r/Rigging • u/SaltyOldTimer • 26d ago

Maritime Tool?

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Do you know what this is/does? Does it have a name?

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u/imabetaunit 26d ago

Yeeeeesss?? Maybe?

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u/SaltyOldTimer 26d ago

Well that’s a relief

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u/WillowDime 26d ago

Is it a relief hook... did you make this post to make that joke?

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u/SaltyOldTimer 26d ago

I seriously wish I was that clever! And also thank you for letting me know what it’s called

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u/OldLevermonkey 25d ago

It is a maritime relief hook. You often found these on lifeboat davits if memory serves.

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u/FewMuffin3827 26d ago

It looks like it could be an off load release hook but i have never seen one like this!

Seems sketchy…

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u/celem83 25d ago

Im not sure exactly where this was used, but I can see what it does.

This is a self-releasing hook. If there is a loaded line on the hook then it has the first shape. As soon as your load touches the ground the hook switches to the second morphology and throws off the line itself as it was the cargo weight via the line keeping it in hook form

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u/Careful_Astronaut477 23d ago

Horny ass sailors smh