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PROTECTING AND STORING ROPE

Gasket Coil
Also called the Buntline Coil, the Gasket Coil is often used to tie off
excess line on a sailboat. Access to either end is not needed when fin-
ishing this coil, which means that the line used in the last tuck can be
attached to the rigging.

1 After coiling the rope, pass one end several times around the
middle of the coil.

2 Pull a bight of the end through the top half of the coil and over the top.

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