Cleat Hitch

The cleat hitch is another of my MUST KNOW knots. I use it many times everytime I sail and everytime I tie up at the dock. Its useful to tie the tender to the boat. I tie up the halyards to the mast using a Cleat HItch. I've never had it fail but If I'm worried I just add a couple of extra hitches if there is any extra rope left over.

Tying a Cleat Hitch

Learn the cleat hitch, its really useful. Plus its fast once you get it.

I'm always surprised to see how few people can do the hitch quickly and easily.

Some of my Knot Pages

• The Anchor Bend Knot
• Bowline, The Must Know Knot
• Bowline on a bight, how to tie a bowline if you don't have the ends.
• Cleat Hitch Its surprising how many people can't tie this knot properly
• Constrictor Knots make it a point of being difficult to untie. Its their job!
• Highwayman's Hitch makes it a point of being easy to untie, good for a quick hitch at the dock or where you need to get it undone fast
• Reef Knots are used to reef sails, otherwise they are very unreliable.
• Rolling Hitch A useful knot that can be tied on another line to pull some slack so you can untie a knot or untangle a winch line.
• Sheet Bend joins 2 ropes together
• The Stopper Knot stops a knot from running out of a cleat. 2 styles
• Truckers Hitch helps tighten a rope around a canoe on a car or on a trailer.
• Farmer's Loop Similar to the Trucker's hitch, easy to tie.
• Round Turn and two half hitches a useful multipurpose knot
• The Fireman's coil keeps your coiled rope from getting tangled.
• Buntline Hitch, a very old knot that has found a new life with modern slippery rope

This web site reflects my personal ideas and doesn't represent anyone else's point of view.