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2. Cleat hitch - Wikipedia

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   Cleat hitch, cleat knot, cleat tie: Category: Hitch: Origin: Nautical: Releasing: Non-jamming [1] ABoK #1615: Instructions: The cleat hitch is a knot for securely ...

3. Cleat (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A cleat hitch is a knot used to secure a rope to a cleat. A line tied with a cleat hitch to a horn cleat [ 1 ] on a dock. The line comes from a boat off the top of the picture, around the right horn, around the left horn, across the cleat from top left to bottom right, around the right horn, and then hitches around the left horn.

4. Sailor's hitch - Wikipedia

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   The smaller rope should be pulled to the left while the bight should go through the final tuck to form the final product of a sailor's hitch. This knot can also serve the purpose of a cleat hitch . There is another variation of the knot with several more turns that is called the gripping sailor's hitch . [ 3 ]

5. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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   A knot used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope. (See also Rolling hitch) Marline Hitching: A knot used to attach a rope to a cylindrical object. Similar in appearance to the Chain Hitch, but a succession of overhand knots. Marlinespike hitch: A temporary knot used to attach a rod to a rope in order to form a handle. Midshipman's hitch

6. Halyard - Wikipedia

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   Sailors hauling a halyard. In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard.The term "halyard" derives from the Middle English halier ("rope to haul with"), with the last syllable altered by association with the English unit of measure "yard". [1]

7. How ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Pulled Off Season 2’s Climactic ...

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   For the second season of “Our Flag Means Death,” Max’s comedy series starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby, the producers’ goal was to raise both the emotional stakes and the scale of its ...

8. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   2. A rope attached to the side of a sail to pull it towards the bow (for keeping the windward edge of the sail steady). [2] 3. A rope attached to the foresail to hold it aback when tacking. [2] 4. "Sailing on a bowline" means sailing to weather close-hauled. bowman The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow. bowpicker

9. Gap CEO says holidays are off to a 'strong' start, he is ...

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   Holiday shoppers are falling into the Gap early."Our holiday season is off to a strong start," Gap CEO Richard Dickson told Yahoo Finance on Thursday. "It gives us the confidence to raise our ...