An easy way to keep a boat line from getting in the way and
untangled is to coil them and then snug them to a rail on your boat. This gets
rid of a tripping hazard and prevents them from getting knotted up. It just makes for a safer day on the water.
First coil the line up and then lay it over a rail on
your boat, like the black line in the photo. Then reach through the loops and
under the rail on one side and grab the loops on the other side of the rail and
pull that side through. This snugs the
coil of rope on to the rail like the white line is. When it is snug, it will
say out of the way and stay untangled.
To remove the line, just grab the horizontal section of the
coil of line next to the rail and the line comes off the rail, still coiled and
untangled. I did not snug up the white line so you could see how it pulls up on
the rail and also see the section of line you grab to remove it.
I use this method to keep the dock lines on the boat,
untangled and easy to get at. One end stays on the boat cleat and the other end
being coiled is easy to grab and or throw.
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