General Rigging

1. General Rigging Adult Core Seamanship Instructor Belaying a Rope to a Cleat or Pin ACISEA PP08

2. As a Adult Core Instructor you will be required to know how to carryout General Rigging procedures. This Session will cover General Rigging Belaying to a Cleat or Pin By the end of this session you will be able to: Describe the reason for & demonstrate the correct way to belay to a Cleat & Pin. General Rigging

3. Belaying The Meaning of Belay To make fast or attach to, e.g. Belay a rope to a cleat.

4. Belaying The Meaning of Belay When a rope has to be cast off while still under strain, it cannot be secured with a bend or hitch, except perhaps a slipping one. It is therefore belayed to a fitting for the purpose, such as a cleat, stag horn or bollard. The action of belaying consists of taking sufficient turns round the fitting to hold the rope by friction when it takes the strain.

5. When do we Belay to a Cleat? After we have been boating & return alongside the jetty we need to secure the boats lines ashore, when we have to tow a boat alongside or when we have to raise the main sail in a dinghy 9 times out of 10 you will have to belay to a cleat.

6. Step 1 Take the working end of the rope. Belaying to a Cleat

7. Step 2 Around the back of the cleat. Belaying to a Cleat

8. Step 3 Then pass it around under the front of the cleat. Belaying to a Cleat

9. Step 4 Now you start the figure of 8 turns by passing the working end over the top of the cleat. Belaying to a Cleat

10. Step 5 Pass the working end under the back of the cleat and bring it out & then pass it over the back of the cleat completing the 1st figure of 8. Belaying to a Cleat

11. Step 6 Now repeat Steps 3 & 4 bringing the working end out and passing it back over the front of the Cleat to start the 2nd set of turns. Belaying to a Cleat

12. Step 7 Repeat step 5 & 6 pass the working end under the back of the cleat and bring it out & pass it over the back of the cleat completing the 2nd set of turns. Belaying to a Cleat

13. Step 8 Again repeat Steps 3 & 4 bringing the working end out and passing it back over the front of the Cleat to start the 3rd set of turns. Belaying to a Cleat

14. Step 9 having repeated Step 5 & 6 completing the 3rd set of figure of 8’s. Belaying to a Cleat

15. Step 10 With the remainder of the rope left over use your cheesing skills to make it look Shipshape. Belaying to a Cleat

16. Belaying to a pin is very similar to belaying to a cleat. When do we Belay to a Pin? Every evening you carry out Colours and Evening Colours you will belay to a pin, the halyards the Ensign & Preps are attached to them. Belaying to a Pin

17. Step 1 Start the 1st set of turns under the bottom pin. Belaying to a Pin

18. Step 2 When turns are complete coil the remainder of the halyard Belaying to a Pin

19. Step 3 Pass the bight through and secure over the top of the pin. Belaying to a Pin

20. Remember Whenever possible a coil of rope should be hung up clear of the deck so as to keep the deck clear and the rope dry. Belaying to a Pin

21. Example Belaying to a Cleat

22. Example Belaying to a Stag Horn

23. Step 3 Pass the bight through and secure over the top of the pin. Belaying to a Pin

24. References • All references for this lesson can be found in the • SCC Seamanship Training Manual (STM) • (New version will be released in 2013) • BR 67 Royal Navy Seamanship Manual

25. Questions?