Rope Storage and tie off

[Chad H]

Alright, I need some help with rope storage. Whenever i store it, i always wind it up and tie it off some weird way. Is there some way that works better to tie it off?

And the other one is. I have a ski rope, that i use for wakeboarding doubles. But one of the end loops pulled out. Can anyone explain a knot to fix this that won't pull out?

[devon]

i usually just throw my rope in the boat, not the best way because there are always knots.

for you ski rope i would use a knot called the Bowline, its a knot used in sailing but it should fix your rope. and it wont get so tight you cant undo it.
this is how i was told to remember it when i started sailing
the rabbit comes out of its hole, round the tree and back down the hole again
http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Bowline.htm
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[Brit Rider]

Can't you just splice it inside itself? Seems the most sensible thing to do unless its an odd type of rope.

[pooser]

for storing your wakeboard rope:
reel it in good atarting from the handle, make sure it's in good loops not figure eights. when you have just a couple feet left, use that last bit to tie your loops of rope to the handle.

for the end loop, just splice it back in like brit rider said.

[Chad H]

pooser, Brit Rider,
What do ya mean by splice it back in?

[savage3221]

[pooser]

Chad H, something like this:
http://www.lehighgroup.com/ropespliceeye.htm
i think a fid should cost like 50 cents. Did the end loop come out or one of the middle loops, cuz if it's a middle loop there is a "knot" you can tie that comes out easy.

[Brit Rider]

No need for that red plastic cap though.... Just melt the end of the rope nice and rounded and it'll be fine.