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84. Cleat Hitch

Cleats provide convenient tie-off points on boats, docks, flagpoles, truck

racks, boat hoists, and elsewhere. Tying the knot should be equally
convenient: quick, secure, and easy to untie no matter how much load is on
the line. This common method, which has no recognized name, fills the bill
with none of the superfluous wraps one so often sees.

Instructions

1. Most cleats are mounted at an oblique angle to the direction of the line. Run the line under the far horn of
the cleat so that it does not pass beneath the near horn. Do not run the line all the way around the base of the
cleat.

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