🔍 Key Concepts

• How manila (natural fiber) rope is laid and how it tends to twist when uncoiled • Difference between taking rope from the inside of a coil vs. the outside • What happens to rope (kinks, hockles, snarls) if it is uncoiled the wrong way

💭 Think About

• Visualize how the strands of a right-laid manila rope sit in the coil. If you pull from the wrong side, what will the rope want to do? • Which method will let the rope come out in smooth turns, keeping its natural lay, instead of forcing it to untwist or kink? • Think about which option would be most commonly used on deck to avoid creating dangerous kinks when putting a new line into service.

✅ Before You Answer

• Which option avoids rolling or spooling the coil in a way that forces the rope against its natural lay? • Which option has you pull from the center of the coil instead of stripping turns off the outside? • Which method would leave the rope flaked out ready for use with the fewest kinks and twists?