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STEP 2 Continue making wraps, and tuck the last wrap through the bight. Make sure

the wraps are tightly side by side.

STEP 3 Tighten by pulling both ends, so that the crossing stays in the middle of the
wraps.

The length of the whipping should be at least as long as the diameter of the rope. If
you are tying the whipping over three-strand rope, the direction of the wrapping should
be opposite to the direction of the strands. The ends can be trimmed close or knotted
together with a Reef Knot (see Chapter 6).

FIGURE-OF-EIGHT COIL

Start coiling the rope by folding it in half and making the turns with the doubled line, or
by making the turns from one end to the other.

STEP 1 After wrapping all but the last two to four feet, depending on the size of the
coil, fold a long bight in the end.