When a rope is cut its ends should at once be whipped to prevent it unlaying and thus rendering a fathom or more of the rope useless.
Xa isikiwe intsontelo isiphelo sayo kumele senziwe umsonto ukunqanda ukondlalwa kwayo nto leyo enikezela ngemilinganiselo yeenyawo ezintandathu zentsontelo ezingasetyenziswayo.