Uses:
To secure a flag lanyard, or to moor a boat to a dock.
Instructions:1) Take a turn around the cleat and pull the line
tight. 2) Complete a turn around the cleat. 3)
Place the line across the cleat. 4) Take a bight
around one horn of the cleat. 5) Place the line across
the cleat a second time. 6) Take a bight around the
other horn of the cleat to form a figure eight around the horns of
the cleat. 7) Repeat steps 3 through 6. 8)
Form an underhand loop.
9) Place the eye of the underhand loop over the horn
of the cleat. 10) Pull the underhand loop tight to
form a half hitch around the horn
of the cleat, this locks the rope in place.
Notes: Belaying to a cleat is a fast
non-jamming method of securing a rope anywhere along its length
without reeving any part of the rope through or around anything.
Instructions:
1) Take a turn around the cleat and pull the line
tight. 2) Complete a turn around the cleat. 3)
Place the line across the cleat. 4) Take a