Cleat hitch

Cleat hitch

Names	Cleat hitch, cleat knot, cleat tie
Category	Hitch
Origin	Nautical
Releasing	Non-jamming
ABoK	#1615
Instructions

The cleat hitch is a knot for securely attaching a rope to a cleat.

Tying

The hitch begins with a dead turn around the cleat then continues forming an “8”. The hitch is finished with an inverted half hitch.

A dead turn
We cross by making an eight
Prepare the reverse half hitch
The finished knot

See also

Notes

Bibliography

Ashley, Clifford W. (1993) [1944], The Ashley Book of Knots, New York: Doubleday, p. Dust jacket, ISBN 0-385-04025-3 p.286
Compton, Nic (2013), The Knot Bible, The complete guide to knots and their uses, London: Adlard Coles Nautical, ISBN 978-1-4081-5476-2 p.66
Soles, Clyde (2011), Backpacker magazine’s outdoor knots : the knots you need to know, Morris Book Publishing, LLC, ISBN 978-0-7627-5651-3 p.72

References

↑ "Cleat hitch".

External links

Grog. "Cleat hitch". Animated Knots. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
https://www.netknots.com/rope_knots/cleat-hitch
https://www.101knots.com/cleat-hitch.html

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