Cleat hitch
# Cleat hitch

The cleat hitch is a knot for securely attaching a rope to a cleat.

## Tying

The hitch begins with a dead turn around the cleat then continues forming an “8”. The hitch is finished with an inverted half hitch.

* A dead turn
* We cross by making an eight
* Prepare the reverse half hitch
* The finished knot
