Securing a barge with a cleat hitch - GIF

**mklotz** · May 20, 2023, 10:38 AM

Is it possible that the design of cleats evolved from the fact that that shape makes possible exactly what he's doing?

I can remember my first time assisting in the docking of my uncle-in-law's sailboat. I looked at the cleat and did what he's doing, whipping the line and catching it alternately on the horns of the cleat. It seemed so obvious to me that I was sure it had been designed to be used that way.

**mwmkravchenko** · May 20, 2023, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by mklotz

Is it possible that the design of cleats evolved from the fact that that shape makes possible exactly what he's doing?

I can remember my first time assisting in the docking of my uncle-in-law's sailboat. I looked at the cleat and did what he's doing, whipping the line and catching it alternately on the horns of the cleat. It seemed so obvious to me that I was sure it had been designed to be used that way.

Bingo!

Mark