Anchoring

[Benz]

Originally Posted by StuM

Now let's start a discussion about the pros and cons of the "full wrap" cleat hitch as opposed to https://www.animatedknots.com/cleat-...knot-dock-line


"No Round Turn: After passing the rope around two horns of the cleat, always cross over and make figure 8 turns afterwards. This is because the Figure 8 Turns lift the rope up against the horns and out of the way of the first turn. Jamming is a risk if the initial turn continues around and under the first horn a second time (making a complete round turn). Now if a towline briefly becomes slack, the initial turn can separate away from the cleat and then clamp down on top of the second turn making it impossible to release the rope while there is load on the towline."

The Animated Knots hitch is unseamanlike: a half-dozen wraps is no substitute for a proper cleat hitch, which if you look closely, is essentially a clove hitch built around the horns. I have been cleat hitching like this for over 20 years at sea and never had a jam.
As far as a whole wrap VS most of a turn, a lot depends on the lead from the line--that's why properly installed cleats are always angled so the line meets them at neither 0 nor 90 degrees (I like something like 20).