Abstract: An adjustable length boathook includes a user-actuable hook at its distal end for securely grasping lines and the like. By enabling firm control of the line, the claimed embodiments facilitate specific maneuvers such as hooking a line around a cleat. The boathook uses first and second tubes telescopingly engaged for slidable movement along a common central axis, with third and fourth tubes disposed coaxially and internally thereto, the telescoping engagement providing length adjustability. Cam-lock devices are disposed between the first and second tubes, and between the third and fourth tubes, and lock their respective tubes to one another at a desired length. A handle is slidably disposed at a proximal end of the first tube to actuate the third tube in the axial direction relative to the first tube. A user-actuatable hook at the distal end of the second tube is actuated by the fourth tube.

Abstract: An adjustable length boathook includes a user-actuable hook at its distal end for securely grasping lines and the like. By enabling firm control of the line, the claimed embodiments facilitate specific maneuvers such as hooking a line around a cleat. The boathook uses first and second tubes telescopingly engaged for slidable movement along a common central axis, with third and fourth tubes disposed coaxially and internally thereto, the telescoping engagement providing length adjustability. Cam-lock devices are disposed between the first and second tubes, and between the third and fourth tubes, and lock their respective tubes to one another at a desired length. A handle is slidably disposed at a proximal end of the first tube to actuate the third tube in the axial direction relative to the first tube. A user-actuatable hook at the distal end of the second tube is actuated by the fourth tube.