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Old 11-05-2015, 12:23 PM
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I am slightly OCD. I do it on the docks and if the excess is on my boat deck, I will do it there. My idiot friends enjoy uncoiling them shortly after I coil them because they know it drives me crazy...
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Old 11-05-2015, 02:11 PM
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I coil them up to keep them from being a trip hazard but it never ends up looking as perfectly coiled as that photo. In too big a rush for a beverage I guess.
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Old 11-05-2015, 02:18 PM
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Yes I do. Been doing it many years.
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Old 11-05-2015, 02:29 PM
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I don't need to as my wife coils the dock lines.

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Old 11-05-2015, 02:40 PM
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As others have mentioned it's effective in salt water boating. Don't ask me why!
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Old 11-05-2015, 02:46 PM
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I just tie up and then kick them in the water lol
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Old 11-05-2015, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Bawana
I just tie up and then kick them in the water lol
Hahaha!!!
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Old 11-05-2015, 02:57 PM
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Don't coil them. if someone can't walk near messy ropes without tripping, shouldn't be on a dock.
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Old 11-05-2015, 03:19 PM
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I actually make a point to kick them (unless they are on a blow boat)
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Old 11-05-2015, 04:02 PM
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i have a short set of lines for just such a use, out to dinner or at a transient dock. Either a simple pile or clove hitch, i prefer a clove high or low on the piling and whatever line is left over i will put another clove just above or below it a foot or two with the balance of line . . . .
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