THE ACE IN YOUR POCKET®
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Cleat Hitch
Submitted by: Virtual Voyages
The cleat hitch is a simple and reliable way to secure a line to a cleat on a dock or on a boat.
STEP 1
Wrap the line around the cleat once.
STEP 2
Cross over the top and create a figure-8 using the horns of the cleat.
STEP 3
To secure the hitch, keep the end under the last loop of the figure-8 and parallel to the line coming from the first turn of the figure-8.
Special acknowledgement to: Richard T. Lathrop, Ph.D (text) and Karen Li-Lun Hwang (graphics).
