Wednesday, July 05, 2006

412. Textbook cleat hitches and joy.

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Textbook cleat hitch.


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I tie a pretty cleat hitch.


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Textbook joy.
(Me taking this picture, that is.)

3 comments:

Tonya said...

What a beautiful boat! The rope thingy is nice too.

Tillerman said...

Beautiful cleat hitch. Why do so many people find it impossible to tie a cleat hitch properly?

Unknown said...

Tonya: I think knots are pretty... except for stomach knots. Those aren't pretty.

Tillerman: Thank you. Maybe people have a hard time because the last step of the cleat hitch is counter-intuitive. You have to loop the rope under before placing it on the hitch. I'm a slow cleat hitch tier.