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boathook

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boathook [ˈbəʊtˌhʊk]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy


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In order to use this article as a boathook to secure Caspian with UNCLOS, one would need to agree that Volga-Don canal system makes Caspian 'connected to another sea.
We also worked out a DOB plan, which currently is to hook the vest/harness with a boathook, then use the main halyard to help bring him back aboard, or alternatively using the inflatable, which is closer to the water, to get him back aboard.
The British carrier task force left Malta for Boathook with destroyer and cruiser escorts, and more cruisers and destroyers sailed from Aden toward the Gulf of Suez.
 
 
 
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