Traditionally rope is made on long ropewalks, the length of which determines the maximum length of rope it is possible to make. As rope is "closed" (the final stage in manufacture) the length reduces, thus the ropewalk at Chatham Dockyard is long in order to produce standard coils.
Traditionally rope is made on long ropewalks the length of which determines the maximum length of rope it is possible to make As rope is "closed" (the final stage in manufacture) the length reduces thus the ropewalk at Chatham Dockyard is long in order to produce standard coils