Shortly before the rode is fully paid out, the fore-deck hand stops it and slackens the remainder out hand over hand, while the helmsman observes the course astern.
Ngokufutshane phambi kokuba intambo isuswe ngokupheleleyo, isandla somphambili nomgangatho siyayimisa wandule ukuyekelela eshiyekileyo, ngexa umqhubi nqanawa eqwalasele indlela ngemva.