Learn How to Coil Braided Rope Correctly

Coiling your sheets and halyards is one of the simplest tasks which is done at the end of every days sailing and is often done by the least experienced member of your crew. While it is a simple task, more often than not we see crew go for style over substance, creating an oval loop which looks good but creates issues the next time you go to use the rope.

Coiling modern double braided rope in an oval loop creates twists is the rope that can lead to issues the next time you use the line. If you are pulling the rope through blocks or cleats it can result in twists which stop the rope from running freely.

The twists in the rope can be easily avoided if you create your coils out of figure 8's, this allows the rope to uncoil easily and more importantly twists free.

In this video the team at Bottom up Boats show you how to do both coils, in addition to demonstrating how it the twists can impact the ability of the rope to run through pulleys if you use the oval technique.

It is important to note that the figure 8 technique should only be used on double braided rope. Legacy three strand rope should be coiled in ovals, it has the twists built into to line which allow to coil and then uncoil trouble free when you use ovals.

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