Hawsers are used to moor a boat. They must be immediately available for security reasons. If necessary, there is nothing worse than a mooring line thrown in bulk at the bottom of a trunk and which would require untangling before it could be used.
We have already learned to implement several methods to properly coil a hawser:
After you have properly coiled your rope, you must tie a knot that will prevent the rope from becoming tangled but is easy to remove.
Let's see together this technique that will leave your chests tidy and make your moorings available.
1 - You will roll up your hawser and stop your braids approximately 2 m before its end. It is this available part that will be used to attach your hawser to itself.
2 - Once the mooring line is coiled, you hold all your braids in your left hand (in this example).
3 - With your right hand, grasp the available rope a little in front of your left hand.
4 - You will surround the braids once by passing under your left hand.
5 - You will continue to surround the braids by passing over the first lap.
6 - You will do a minimum of three rounds.
7 - The cords are now secured by the rope around them. With your left hand, grasp it as in the picture.
8 - With your right hand, you will make a loop that will go through the rope coiled in the hole above your left hand.
9 - Turn the loop backwards to surround the rope.
10 - Pull the end of the remaining rope to tighten the buckles.
Now your rope can no longer get tangled and to untie it, all you have to do is remove the last loop you made and pull on the end to unroll all the cords.
