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Coiling a heaving line: which must fly out well when thrown, so take care to ensure that there are an
absolute minimum of kinks or crossed turns. You should coil the heaving line with each bight smaller
than the previous one, so that it will not catch.
A heaving line being coiled on the deck is shown in figure 31.1, and figure 31.2 shows it being
coiled in the hand.
figure 31.1
figure 31.2
Coiling a rope with a bight: as an untidy or uncoiled rope can be extremely dangerous on board a
boat, or to keep a rope coiled tightly for hanging up in storage, you should form a bight in the last coil
and tuck it through the previous coil to provide an ideal solution. However, do remember that a bight
in a mooring rope must be long enough to pass over a samson post or bollard.
