The technique shown in post 1 should only be used with a relatively short piece of loose
line, like a dock
line - when you put the half twist in the coil so the coils will lie flat, you are in fact putting twist into the rope - do this to a
line like a halyard, and you end up with kinks when you next use the
line. Note the demonstrator in the video uses a short dockline.
The Grog video mentioned above demonstrate how to coil a
line without putting kinks into it. Basically you hold the
line in your left hand and put clockwise coils into your left hand with your right. There are two techniques. The first results in a figure 8 coil, but is very fast:
http://www.animatedknots.com/coilattached/index.php
This is great for halyards and
spinnaker sheets.
An alternative involves reversing every other coil, is slower, but provides loops that lie flat, see:
http://www.animatedknots.com/coiling...matedknots.com
This is the technique to use if you like to hang your garden hose on a bracket, gives you neat coils but no kinks when you next use the hose.