Cleat (nautical)
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The cleat hitch is a special knot used to secure a line (rope) to a cleat. Almost all boats have cleats at the bow (to which an anchor line or forward dock line is tied) and at the stern (to which a dinghy tow line or aft dock line is tied).
ALADDIN CLEAT: a cleat that attaches to the backstay over the cockpit, usually used for hanging a lantern
ALEE - Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.
Cleat - A wood or metal fitting with two horn around which ropes are made fast.
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Cleat: A fitting, typically with projecting ends, that holds a line against the tension from the sails, rigging or mooring.
Clew: The lower corner of a mainsail, jib or genoa and either lower corner of a spinnaker attached to the sheet.
Cleat - A fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
Clove Hitch - A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
Cleat - a fitting used to secure a line to
Clew - the lower aft corner of a sail
Close hauled - a point of sail where the boat is sailing as close to the wind as possible ...
cleat
Hardware piece on a boat or a dock to which lines are attached.
clew
The after-most corner of a sail.
CLEAT: A fitting, usually with two horn-shaped ends, to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat is almost anvil-shaped.
CLOVE HITCH: A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
Cleat- A fitting for securing a line.
Clew- The corner of the sail where the foot meets the leech.
Close-haul- To sail as close to the direction of the wind as possible.
cleat - A fitting to which lines can be easily attached.
close reach - Sailing with the wind coming from the direction forward of the beam of the boat. A close reach is the point of sail between a beam reach and close hauled.
Cleat
A fitting for securing a line. It can be wooden, metal or nylon.
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Cleat
A fitting to which a line may be attached easily.
Close-hauled
The point of sail with the bow of the boat as close as possible to the wind.
Cleat A two pronged device for making ropes fast.
Clew The corner of the sail where the leech meets the foot.
Close-hauled Sailing close to the wind.
cleat hitch - A "figure-eight" hitch; the distinctive criss-cross hitch used to belay (fasten) a line to the cleat.
clevis pin - A large pin; the pin used to secure one fitting to another.
Cleat:
A fitting of wood or metal, secured to the deck, mast, or spar, with two horns around which ropes are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil:shaped; verb : to belay.
Cleat
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A wooden fitting with projecting ends attached to the deck of a ship for the purpose of securing a rope.
jam cleat
A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed. Also see cam cleat.
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aladdin cleat
alee
Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward. To the leeward side (downwind).
Cleat - A metal fitting to which mooring lines are attached.
Chop - Short, steep waves in an abrupt motion.
Cockpit - An open space aft of a decked area from which a small vessel is steered.
Cleat Hitch
A figure eight pattern used to tie a line to a cleat.
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Cleat
A wooden or metal fastening with two arms around which ropes can be fastened.
Clew ...
Cleat - A fitting used to secure a line under strain
Coaming - Wind protection around a cockpit
Cockpit - Outside sitting area in a boat ...
Cleat Hitch: Needed by every boater, this is the best way to belay, or attach, a line to a standard cleat.
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A cleat, fairlead, or other small piece of gear.
fix
In navigation a fix is the most reliable calculation and plot of a boat's position. In coastal navigation, a running fix based on one bearing is carried forward from a previous fix. See navigate.
1. To tie a cleat hitch, wrap your line three-quarters of the way around the base of the cleat.
2. Cross under one horn, making an "S" on the top of the cleat.
3. Twist a loop with the free end and, in one smooth move....
Cam Cleat - A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them.
A unit of length equaling 120 fathoms cam cleat A fitting that has interlocking teeth on springs (cam) instead of prong to secure a rope [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] can buoy A cylindrical black buoy with a flat top and marked with an ...
The Square/Reef Knot All kinds of purposes: To tie something down or for tying to lines together. Lines must be roughly the same size (thickness). The Cleat Hitch What you will use to tie any line or painter to a cleat on your ...
of the boom and pull it out to the end while another person feeds the foot of the sail into the groove. A pin is placed through the tack corner, the "outhaul" is attached to the clew, pulled tight to stretch the foot, and "secured" or cleated.
A block with a jam cleat, located on the boom and used to control the main sheet on small boats.
head sea
A sea which is traveling in the opposite direction to that of the boat.
Cleat A fitting to which lines can be easily attached. Compass course The course as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.
CAVIL A heavy timber fastened to the forward or after bitts about midway between the base and top to form a cleat. The bitt so built. CEILING A term applied to the planking with which the inside of a vessel is sheathed.
This rope has nothing to do with painting but is used to "snare" a cleat on shore or alongside another boat. The French word "pantiere" means a noose. PEAK The upper aft corner of a gaff-headed sail. PENANT A pointed flag.
True bearing is the direction from the ship relating to true north with north being 0° and south 180° BELAY to temporarily secure a line without knotting by making one or more 'S' turns (varying somewhat with synthetic lines) around a cleat or pin ...
cast off: to let go mooring or docking lines; to remove the turns of a line from a cleat; to untie a knot. caulk: to make seams watertight by filling them with a waterproof compound or other material.
CLEAT - A fitting, secured to the deck, mast, or spar, having two projection horns to which lines are made fast.
CLEW - Aft, lower corner of a sail.
CLOSE HAULED - Sailing as directly into the wind as possible, also, on the wind.
Cleat off the rode and set it as hard as you can with all the power your engine can give you.
BELAY - To make fast the end of a rope temporarily by turning it round a cleat.
BELOW - Beneath the deck.
Belay: Securing a line in a cleat fitting; order to ignore the previous order
Below: Underneath the deck of a boat
Bending on: To mount the mainsail to the boom ...
For greatest leverage, the spring line should be secured to the bow (aft spring line) or stern (forward spring line) cleat and wrapped around a horn pier cleat which is at least midship.
In this example we would specify 2 Y-legs at 7/8' x 50 ft double braid nylon for connecting to the sportfish’s stern cleats. Here the connection to the cleats can be via bitter ends using a figure eight knot or covered dock line eye splices.
First, trim in the mainsail tight and cleat it. Then, back the jib to the windward side and cleat it. That way you can maintain an equilibrium between the mainsail forcing the wind forward and the jib forcing the boat back.
The helmsman can easily adjust the mast rake by cranking on or loosening the cam cleat controlling the running backstay. An in-mast furling system takes care of the main, while a Furlex roller-furling drum manages the headsail.
First, drop the bowline crewman on the dock, with orders to take a turn around a dock cleat to belay the line (a).
Cleat - A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.
8 strong through-bolted deck cleats. Strong attachments for docklines and anchor snubber. [Callipygia only had 6.]
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Stemming such a current it would not do to shorten sail if one wished to pass Cape Tourmente and get into quiet water, the Isle of Orleans and the north shore, so we let every sail stand, cleated the sheets tightly and let her drive.
belay - To make a line or rope fast to a pin or cleat
bow - Forward part of the boat
bowsprit - A spar that juts out forward of the bow; it enlarges the sail area of the ship by permitting extra jibs out in front of the boat ...
To fasten a rope round a cleat or belaying pin
Belaying Pin
Large bolts round which the ropes are twisted to fasten them ...
Secure your dock lines to sturdy points, pilings cleats, etc., and protect lines from chafing with chafe gear at points of contact. The lines will resemble a spider web with your boat in the center when done.
Cleat - a a two-horned fitting used to secure a line to the boat or mast
clew -- the lower aft corner of the fore and aft sails
Close hauled - a point of sail where the boat is sailing as close to the wind as possible ...
Wood (usually mahogany or teak) deck support that transfers the compression forces from the mast to the hull. Also serves as the mounting platform for the centerboard winch and wooden spinnaker halyard cleats..
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 See also: Boat, Line, Point, Deck, Wind
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