Trailer boaters can keep their feet dry with this clever magnet-based boat hook built from lightweight but tough aluminum.
Trailer boaters know the balancing act required to pull a boat from the water and onto a trailer. The routine of tiptoeing along the truck bumper and trailer frame to stretch out and reach the bow eye with the winch hook is a tightrope walk that occasionally ends with a splashdown in knee-deep water.
The head connects to most standard extendable poles.
Behr Claw was created by a small family business in Maryland to help keep trailer boaters dry. The pole-mounted, powder-coated head has potent N52 magnets that hold a winch hook, and a telescoping pole adjusts from 3 to more than 7 feet.
Take a closer look with this short video.
A quick release on the hook catch, which you pull open with a separate cord, helps when using the Behr Claw to remove a hook from the bow eye or a mooring. There’s also a hook on the butt end so you can snag the trailer’s winch hook and pull it out to the boat while standing at the bow. $92 (head only) | $143 (complete) | behrclaw.com