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2. Boat hook - Wikipedia

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   Although the traditional boat hook is still available, various different materials, such as aluminium and even a rolled up polymer are now available. [3] Although the boat hook is a general purpose reaching and holding-off tool on boats, there are more specialised forms, such as the Recovery Pole [4] designed for length rather than the rigid strength of a boat hook.

3. Pike pole - Wikipedia

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   The head of a pike pole with various implements for pulling items The head of a short firefighter's pike pole. A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously used in boating, construction, logging, rescue and recovery, power line maintenance ...

4. Cant hook - Wikipedia

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   A modern cant hook. A log driver using a peavey. A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills. A cant dog has a blunt end, or possibly small teeth for friction.

5. Log driving - Wikipedia

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   They were called the "rear crew." Other men worked with them from the bank, pushing logs away with pike poles. Others worked with horses and oxen to pull in the logs that had strayed furthest out into the flats. [7] Bateaux ferried log drivers using pike poles to dislodge stranded logs while maneuvering with the log drive. [10]

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   The daytime talk show host, 43, exclusively tells PEOPLE how her 15-year-old son David Daniel Otunga Jr. and her boyfriend Common both pitched in to make some holiday magic on her new Christmas ...

7. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Oar a wooden pole enlarged on one end to resist the water when pulled. Painter: a short line at the bow of a small boat for tying it off. Parrot beak: a spring-loaded stainless steel fitting on the end of a spinnaker pole attaching it to the sail. Pintle: the male half of a pintle-and-gudgeon pivot or hinge.