ROPE 



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4. If these directions are followed, the rope will come out 

 of the coil with very few kinks or snarls. 



Fig. 10 



Relaying an untwisted rope. Knowing how to relay the 

 strands is useful because it enables you to save a part of 

 the strands that would otherwise have to be cut off and 

 wasted. In relaying do not twist or turn the rope, but 

 twist each strand up tight and lay it in its proper place as 

 shown by strand A in Figure 10, holding it with the thumb. 

 Strand B is next put in place, then strand C, and then strand 

 A again. 



Principles of a knot. A knot or hitch should be so tied 

 that two adjacent parts of the rope cannot move in the same 

 direction, and the free end should be firmly held by a tight 

 part of the rope against another tight part or against the 

 object to which the rope is fastened. 



