Cleat

Other cleat designs include the following. A cam cleat in which one or two cams pinch the rope but allow the rope to easily be pulled tighter. A jam cleat in which the line is pinched in a v-shaped slot.

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).

Cleat - A wood or metal fitting with two horn around which ropes are made fast. SchoonerMan Is a Creation of Tom Van Oosterhout TERMS INDEX ...

cleat metal or composite fitting for securing lines, sheets, halyards, etc. Search results: Click on the word(s) below to view the definition.

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 tie ropes to. CLOVE HITCH - A knot for temporarily tieing a rope to a post. COAMING - A vertical piece around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. to prevent water on deck from running below.

Cleat {Cuña} A wooden fitting with projecting ends attached to the deck of a ship for the purpose of securing a rope.

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 ...

CleatA fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped. Clove HitchA knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.

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 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. The cleat can be wood, metal or nylon. Close Hauled ...

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 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.

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.

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. Jaws A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast.

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.

aladdin cleat alee Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward. To the leeward side (downwind).

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....

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.

Aladdin cleat -- a cleat that attaches to the backstay over the cockpit, usually used for hanging a lantern anchorage -- a place for anchoring astern -- in the direction of, or behind, the stern ...

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.

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 odd number, ...

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 ...

Cam cleat- A mechanical cleat used to hold a lineline automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, Camel - Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel.

CAM CLEAT A cleat with two spring-loaded, toothed jaws that trap and hold a line. CAP SHROUD see shroud. CAPSIZE To turn over. CAST OFF To let go. CASTING OFF Letting go the warps before leaving a berth or pontoon .

cleat - a fitting to control or stop a line. cling-on - an inexperienced newbie. coil - to lay a line in a circular pattern. companionway - opening from deck to cabin. compass point - 1/32 of a circle or about 11 degrees.

Head knocker A block with a jam cleat, located on the boom and used to control the main sheet on small boats. Headfoil A grooved, streamline rod, often aluminum, fitted over the forestay.

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.

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 - T shaped fitting to which mooring lines are hitched. Cockpit - outside sitting area in a boat. Collision Course - two boats aimed to get to the same spot on the water at the same time. Compass - basic tool used for finding directions.

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: To make fast as to a pin or cleat. To rescind an order (tie up). Belaying pin: A wooden or iron pin fitting into a rail upon which to secure ropes. Bells: see Ships Time ...

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 Bermuda sloop: The most "classic" rig with a triangular mainsail and a jib ...

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.

Belay Change order; - To make a line secure to a pin, cleat or bitt. Belay pin Iron or wood pin fitted into railing to secure lines to. Bend To make fast. To bend a sail, is to make it fast to the yard.

Problem is, those lines are very slippery even when tied or cleated. As a result, you will sometimes see lonely dinghies on the water or thrown on the rocks ashore: These are lost dinghies. Very embarrassing when this happens to you.

Secure the anchor line to the bow cleat at the point you want it to stop. Bring the bow of the vessel into the wind or current. When you get to the spot you want to anchor, place the engine in neutral.

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.

Swig, To - The fall of a tackle is put under a cleat or pin, and is held firmly by one or more of the crew; another man (or man) then takes hold of the part of the fall between the cleat and the block and throws his whole weight on it; ...

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.] Squared off coach roof/cabin top. Strongest configuration for a knockdown (which thankfully we didn't experience.) ...

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.

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.. Starboard ...

See also: Boat, Line, Point, Deck, Wind