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Figure-eight coil

This is a quick and easy way to coil a rope that is to be stored, rather than held ready for

immediate use. The name comes from the way the loop is arranged, not the way in which the
rope itself is coiled.

Bring both ends of the rope together and coil it, doubled, in a clockwise direction (1). When the
bight comes to hand, take it back in a small loop, around behind the coil (2). Then tuck it, front to

back, through its own loop (3). Hang the coil up from the smaller loop (4).