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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.
Another method, possibly the simplest way of keeping loose lines
(especially those hanging from cleats) tidy, is to make a coil starting close
to the cleat. Then, holding the coil in your left hand, pass the right hand
