Wondrously Wound in Coiling Circles

Wondrously Wound,
In a Coiling Circle that'sWound Wondrously!

Perfectly coiled rope

By the dock of every boat.
A sign of respect.

DANG IT, I had the perfect W post all done for today and then I had to go and make a trip to the docks at the local Yacht (loosely used term here) Club to bring a requested camera to my two girls. It just ruined everything about my original post - that W post is out the window! (I'll possibly share it at a later date...don't hold your breath.) Now I've had to create the second W post - work, there's always more work!

My two daughters, along with a good friend, detail boats in their spare time. Since we live within spitting distance from the Sound, it's a good thing to like to do - and to be good at. Anywho - I got the call from them earlier today requesting that I bring a camera so they could take before and after pictures of their work. I said "of course" and off I went! Got to the ~Yacht~ Club and needed to go to Dock C, not Dock A or Dock B, but Dock C of said club. I tell ya, I've driven by this place a bajillion times over the last 28 years and have never guessed it was simply so gi-normas! And the boats! Oh, some of those boats! Huge! Just huge! Well, maybe ~yacht club~ is a term not so loosely used afterall! Dang - I've digressed again!

I walked down to the main dock and was immediately drawn to the rope formations you see here. To someone who had never seen anything like it before, I found them to be just incredibly beautiful! They are obviously formed out of what rope is left over after the boat is moored.

Of course I am in the midst of loudly ohhing and ahhhing, wondering what these marvelous bits of loveliness I've just discovered mean, when one of my darling daughters says to me "MOM, really, it's no big deal! We all do that!" "Why?", I asked. "Well just because," she replied. "No, but WHY? There has to be a REASON!", I
most likely
yelled atasked her. Her exasperated reply, (and an answer I'm choosing to firmly believe): "Because it's a sign of the respect you have for the owner's boat and the good job you've done making his/her boat look like new!"

Whatever, dear daugher! I find the ropes to be absolutely beautiful and cannot possibly believe I've been here as long as I have and so very close to the water and have never even had a clue these random works of art existed. (Obviously, GB and I are not of the ~boating bunch~!)

I wonder if they have a name or if there's a tradition behind them. I tried to find out, I really did...and came up empty, bereft, saddened from the lack of knowledge on this subject.

Do you know? Do let me know!

UPDATE! WE HAVE AN UPDATE!
MY FRIEND, WINETIPPER, HAS THE ANSWER!

THEY ARE CALLED
FLEMISH COILS or
FLEMISH FLAKES

Thanks, WT!

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