🔍 Key Concepts

• Right-hand laid vs. left-hand laid rope – understand how the strands are twisted • How coiling direction can tighten or loosen the lay of the rope • Effects of coiling the wrong way (kinks, hockling, internal damage)

💭 Think About

• Visualize a right-hand laid rope in front of you: which way do the strands appear to spiral as they move away from you? • If you coil the rope in the same direction as the lay of the strands, what happens to the rope’s tightness and tendency to kink? • If you coil in the opposite direction of the lay, what mechanical effect does that have on the strands and on handling?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify the direction of the rope’s lay for a right-hand laid rope before choosing an answer • Match the coil direction to the direction that will preserve or slightly tighten the lay, not loosen it • Eliminate any option that would obviously oppose the rope’s natural twist and cause kinks or hockles