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    MOST INNOVATIVE GEAR FOR 2022

    Dec 09, 2021 5 minutes

    JOY SELF TAILING CLEAT

    Every so often an invention comes along that is so original and useful you’re amazed it was never thought of before. The Joy self-tailing cleat is that: a brilliant idea that solves a real problem of how to handle a mooring line under heavy load.

    The cleat is the brainchild of Italian engineer and serial inventor Cristiano Bonomi. In 2013, Bonomi tore a back muscle trying to moor his 35-tonne yacht and thought: there has to be an easier way. He began making a prototype with 3D polymer print technologies before testing and tweaking the design.

    Instead of the two customary pillars of a cleat, the Joy has a motorised self-tailer on one side and a turning shaft on bearings on the other, activated by a foot switch. These allow a mooring line to be

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