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Cleat Hitch. The Cleat Hitch is the best way to tie a boat to a dock. It is a quick and easy method of tying a rope to a cleat on a dock or boat that is also easy to untie. Learn the Cleat Hitch if you own a boat or even if you donât. It is amazing how many boat owners do not know this easy and essential boating knot.
When it comes to ropework, no cruising yachtsman shares the same opinions as any other, but look closely and there are just a few areas of near-universal agreement. Bowlines are best for bending sheets onto genoa clews, for instance, and fenders are best hung from lifelines with a clove hitch.