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Class II Double Braid Splicing Instructions (aka WarpSpeed)
This splice is used for Dyneema/Spectra core line (like Warpspeed and MLX), usually to make halyards for racing sailboat and catamarans. These halyards are also used for jib furlers that stay loaded...
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Three Strand Rope to Chain Splicing Instructions
Rope to chain splices are usually used on boats with windlasses that can make the transition between rope and chain. The splice has to be done carefully so that it runs smoothly through the windlass....
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End for End Splicing Instructions
This splice is primarily used for Catalina and Hunter sailboats with an in-mast furling system. This is not a 100% breaking strength splice, about 50% of the strength is sacrificed to maintain one...
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Stripping the Cover Off High-Tech Cored Halyard Instructions
This procedure is used mainly for a few specific applications: racing sailboat mainsheet halyards that want to reduce windage and weight aloft, spinnaker sheets to reduce the amount of weight...
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So Many Splices, So Little Time…
It struck me as I’ve been writing up all of these articles on how to do all of these splices that even though they all take up the same amount of brain cells, I don’t do them all with the same...
View ArticleZen and the Art of Splicing
Splicing is what they call a perishable skill. Use it or lose it. I remember thinking that after doing those 600 splices for the Lake Tahoe order, I would never forget how to do a Class I double...
View ArticleLearning Curves
Many years before I became a “Certified Rigging Specialist”, I was a “professional” rigger, meaning that people actually paid me to do splicing for them. My first “job” was to do all of the splicing...
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Cool Tools
There are a few tools that I keep in my little duffle bag that I take down to the docks with me to make my life easier. You may or may not have seen these or even know they exist. Here’s a few of...
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Adjustable Backstay/Running Backs out of AmSteel
Over the years, I’ve made a lot of standing and running rigging for Transpac racers. From sleek little rocket sleds to boats you might expect to see a family cruising the San Juans on, they usually...
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Splicing Your Own AmSteel Lifelines…
Custom lifelines made to transition from fiber to wire and back again… One of the more popular subjects that was discussed at our Seattle Boat Show booth in January was replacing old wire lifelines...
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