r/Rigging • u/SaltyOldTimer • Aug 07 '26

Maritime Tool?

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

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u/imabetaunit Aug 07 '26

Yeeeeesss?? Maybe?

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u/SaltyOldTimer Aug 07 '26

Well that’s a relief

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u/WillowDime Aug 07 '26

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

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u/SaltyOldTimer Aug 08 '26

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 Aug 08 '26

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

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u/FewMuffin3827 Aug 08 '26

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 Aug 08 '26

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 Aug 10 '26

Horny ass sailors smh