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Chapter 9: Nautical Knots
any piece of line). Then pass a short bight or bend through the loop, passing above the
turn at the back side of the coils. Bring the bitter end up through this loop, draw it tight,
and you’ve got the coil complete and ready to hang or stow. (Just be sure that anyone who
wants to uncoil this line understands that first you pull the loop back over the top and
unwrap the turns, or you’ll have a mess!)
Handling the Anchor Line
Many boats have an anchor hanger in the box,
and this should give you a tip about how the
tackle goes in—first you put in all the line or
rode, then the chain, and then the anchor—not
vice versa. This is so that everything comes out in
the order you want it when you need it.
There’s no need to coil the anchor line—just feed
it in hand-over-hand and take it out the same way.
Don’t store other equipment on top of it because
this leads to tangles.
On some boats, line is fed through a hawse pipe
or fitting through the front deck into a rope
compartment or locker.
Proper coiling keeps a line
tangle-free and ready for
immediate use.
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Boater-ese
A hawse pipe is a tube
above the anchor locker that lets
you feed the line in without opening
the hatch—handy and saltylooking.
Many well-designed
boats have a pipe or at least a
groove in the anchor hatch
where line can feed out without
the hatch being ajar.