Pipe hitch ground, or to hoist a pipe or beam. The pipe hitch is started by wrapping four or more coils around a pipe or pole. It is normally finished by tying the working end around the standing part with a clove hitch, and less commonly with a cow hitch or a buntline hitch. The pipe hitch can also be finished by crossing the coils and the standing part and tying the working end in one or two half-hitches around the pipe – wrapping in the same direction as the original coils but on the opposite side of the standing part, described
Figure Eight Island island. The first full-time administrator of the Association was hired in 1982, and after several short-term managers, Arthur Poineau served as administrator for 20 years. David Kellam, the son of earlier residents on the island, has held the position since 2001. There are approximately 475 homes developed on Figure Eight. Figure Eight's boathouse was one of the first structures constructed on the island in the 1960s. In August 1974 a federal grand jury indicted fifteen people in connection to smuggling 14,000 pounds of marijuana from Colombia at Figure Eight. The smuggling ring was operated by an attorney who had rented