Page 19 - Mario Bigon "The Morrow Guide to Knots"

HANGING
ACABLE

When a cable has been coiled.
it should be tied off so that it
can be hung tidily to take up
less room. Hanging the rope
also helps it to last longer and
means it can be used
immediately when it is
needed.

Method
Coil the rope (see page 18).
leaving an end of a yard or
more and make a good long
bight (1). Wind this bight
once clockwise around the
top of the coil (2). pass it
under its own standing part
and pull taut (3). Continuing
in a clockwise direction.
repeat the same operation (4,
2
5). Photograph 6 shows the
final result: the two turns are
tightly drawn up. and the coil
can be hung up tidily. Make
sure that none of the turns
comes away from the coil
when you are securing it. If
they do, it is better to start
again from scratch.

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