Chain Coiling

[dralex]

Just following on from Powerskippers post:

Does anybody else do chain coiling? It stemmed from my climbing days for coiling 50m ropes and always being able to undo them in a hurry and without tangling. You just chuck it in a heap on the floor, make sure you get the right end and pull. If you get the wrong end, you will make 50m of half hitches!

It's great for anchor warps, long mooring warps and any long rope, but can worry people when they see a huge pile of rope that looks uncoiled.

Start by making a bowline or figure of eight in one end. Hold this in your left hand and slide about 1m of rope through your right hand- take the right hand over to the bowline and put a short loop throught the bowline and take that loop in your left hand and use this as the loop to put the next right hand loop through- keep repeating until the end of the rope, the then put a huge identifiable knot in the end you want to undo.

Once you have tried it, there is no going back for long lengths of rope. Try it.

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[Talbot]

try holding 30m of 10mm chain, and then ask again!

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[LittleShip]

Errrrrrr............................ Got any pictures /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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I wish I'd been born rich instead of good looking ?

 

[dralex]

Sorry- it's actually chain coiling for rope- it did dawn on me after writing the post that chain would be a tad heavy- you'd end up with lovely arms though.

I don't have nay pictures, but will have a look. My grasp of explanatory English is hopeless- This sort of explains it- check the bottom of the page /forums/images/icons/blush.gif

http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/ropestorage.html
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[marina95]

Erm yes. Clicking on the home page of the first link took me to an "interesting" place.

http://www.rainbowrope.com/

lol

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[dralex]

Oops- Sorry Kim- not intended- it was the first page that came up on a Google.

ps there is no homepage to click!!!

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[fireball]

Use them all the time to finish off the ends of control lines on the Laser to give suitable handled lines.
Wouldn't use it to coil rope though .. unless you've got a short length your left with a huge long line of this "braid" .. and if you don't break it out very often it can become fairly solid.

Very useful if you want to shorten lines on a temporary basis - otherwise I'd coil it properly.

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[LittleShip]

<font color=red>"Coiling rope for storage usually leaves something to be desired. Even coiled rope tends to tangle in your toybag, and if you grab the wrong end when you’re uncoiling it, it can quickly get hopelessly tangled up. It is very frustrating if you are halfway through tying someone up and you have to stand there for ten minutes untangling your rope before you can continue."</font color=red>

Pauline....... this ones for you /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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I wish I'd been born rich instead of good looking ?

 

[dralex]

It actually works really well for long lines, but if you're going to put them away for a while, it helps to put them in a bag. I just find it great to undo- it also avoids kinks in the rope.

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[Wiggo]

Theer's no point in asking how you came by that first link, really, is there?

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[dralex]

OK, I'll come clean- it was on my Favourites.

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[powerskipper]

Er that finger knitting, done the same way,but on a larger scale.

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Julie

 

[dralex]

Don't you need hyperlax joints to do finger knitting, and don't you run out of fingers pretty quickly?

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[powerskipper]

not the way i was taught !

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Julie

 

[dralex]

Can you come up with a website to show us???

I still swear my innocence.

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[powerskipper]

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://powerskipper.mysite.freeserve.com/>http://powerskipper.mysite.freeserve.com/
Julie

 

[dralex]

What a wonderful lady Ms Kytka is- no dodgy links on her page.

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