Cleat hitch

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

Cleat hitch
Names	Cleat hitch, cleat knot, cleat tie
Category	Hitch
Origin	Nautical
Releasing	Non-jamming[1]
ABoK	#1615
Instructions	[1]

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
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  Prepare the reverse half hitch
• 
  The finished knot

See also

• List of knots
• Cleat
• Clove hitch

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

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