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    How to properly finish a cleat hitch


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    Thanks , as bass fishermen we could all use some seamanship practice .

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    Thanks! Good tip.

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    Wel I learned me something today. Thanks for posting

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    Thanks for posting. After 60 years I finally learned how to tie a cleat hitch only had to watch it 10 times.

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    #6
    Outstanding information. I have made a bight around the horns, but made the "holding" hitch around the entire cleat. Now I know.

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    Sooooo, you need a 10 minute video to teach you how to tie off to a cleat?
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    I wish I could remember this..

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    It's not rocket science Mike!!

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    Had an old guy teach me that tie off the first time I docked my pontoon in our boat slip at our lakehouse. My wife picked it up quicker than I did. She usually ties us off when we dock, so she gets more practice. Quick, clean, and stays put in my weather.
    I never had need to learn when I dock my bass boat because there aren’t any cleats where I put in and take out.
    Thanks for the video as a reminder.
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    Mine have always held, never had an issue. Proven processes are good to know. Sorry I am not of your calibre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fatshaft Merc View Post
    Sooooo, you need a 10 minute video to teach you how to tie off to a cleat?
    Luckily one of my old fishing partners was in the Navy and taught me this. I'm with Fatshaft, it takes 10 minutes to explain this?
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    Probably could have installed a set of Talons in the same amount of time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fatshaft Merc View Post
    Sooooo, you need a 10 minute video to teach you how to tie off to a cleat?
    Jeez, I was wondering the same thing. One of the most simple ties of all time.

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    I was a deck ape in the Navy 55 years ago, I just use a granny knot to tie up, works for me !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Gambler View Post
    I was a deck ape in the Navy 55 years ago, I just use a granny knot to tie up, works for me !!
    LOL, boats. I do the figure 8 around the cleat AND tie a granny for safety. Then again I was a RM. We do well to tie our shoes.

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    I use the WTF knot with a granny knot. Untieing is tricky.

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    Everything that anyone needed to know was in the first minute ( or less) of the video. Watching beyond that was ?????

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    Didn't know anyone had cleats on their boats anymore

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