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COILS

Butterfl y coil
KNOT SCORE
This coil is traditionally used by climbers for carrying rope, but it can be Strength

equally useful afloat, eg carrying a halyard up a mast or transporting a line Security
ashore. To add a harness, put the coil on your back, with one end over each Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying
shoulder. Pass the ends back under your armpits, over the coil, and forward
Usefulness
again, securing them around your waist with a reef knot (page 156).

1 Fold the line in half, and coil it in 2 Fold the coil into a U shape, and 3 Take two or three turns around
the usual way, starting with the ends take a turn around the middle with the coil, until you are near the end
and finishing with the bight. the bight. of the bight.

4 Pass the bight over the top of the 5 Tighten the knot. To make a
folded coil to cinch it, and lock the harness, place the ends (visible at the
loops in place. top of the coil) over your shoulders,
and follow the instructions above.

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