🔍 Key Concepts

• Types of cargo and mooring hooks used on ships and docks • The purpose and design of a quick-release device • Where each term is most commonly used: shipboard gear vs. pier/shore gear

💭 Think About

• Think about which hook name you’ve most often seen associated with life-saving or emergency release situations. • Ask yourself: which of these sounds like it’s designed to be opened under load, in a hurry, without fully disconnecting or unreeving gear? • Consider which terms might be distractors or alternate names that are less common in standard seamanship texts.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which hook type is specifically described in seamanship references as “quick release” or able to be opened while under strain. • Check whether any of the options are commonly associated with lifeboat falls, towing gear, or mooring lines that might need rapid release. • Confirm if any of the other choices are rarely (or never) mentioned in standard maritime terminology; those are more likely to be distractors.