Synopses & Reviews
"
The Splicing Handbook is particularly helpful in explaining--and showing with simple, straightforward illustrations--how to manage the bewildering array of new rope materials and weaves."--
Down East "Here's a book you can read for the pleasure of knowing how splicing is accomplished. It is also a reference book that you and your crew can review when tackling a . . . specialty splicing job."--Shoreline
The only reference devoted entirely to splicing today's ropes, this new and expanded edition includes step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices in traditional twisted and modern braided ropes. Now covers eery kind of splicing project a boater is likely to encounter, including modern cordage such as Spectra, and wire and rope-to-wire splices.
Synopsis
The only book devoted completely to slicing today's ropes, this fully illustrated, step-by-step guide has been expanded and enhanced in this new edition and now covers wire splices, and splices in Spectra and Kevlar ropes as well as Dacron braid and traditional three-strand. The Splicing Handbook includes every splice project a boater will ever need.
About the Author
Barbara Merry is a marine rope worker with twenty years of experience in the splicing trade. Founder and owner of the Marlinspike Artist in Wakefield, Rhode Island, she has worked on projects for boats of all sizes, from small traditional sailing craft and working schooners to commercial fishing vessels and U.S. Coast Guard cutters. She has taught at the WoodenBoat School and the Northeast Maritime Institute, and has written on rope and rope technology for WoodenBoat and Invention and Technology. John Darwin, a master of rope technology, sailed in many capacities from deckhand to captain before working shoreside for a large rope manufacturer. A former rope designer, John still tests and fabricates rope.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to Splicing
Rope Construction
Synthetic Rope Materials
Summary of Rope Characteristics
Small Stuff
Rope Care
Splicing Tools
2. Three-Strand Twisted Rope
Eye Splice
Decorative Eye Splice
Ring Splice
Short Splice
End Splice
3. Three-Strand Splicing Projects
Key Lanyard
Dog Collar and Leash
Rope Railings with Double Wall and Crown Knot
Cliff's Sailing Harness
4. Double-Braid Rope
Eye Splice
End-to-End Splice
End Splice
Rope-to-Wire Splice
Jig for the Rope-to-Wire Splice
Core-to-Core Eye Splice
Reduced Volume End-to-End Splice
5. Solid-Braid Splice
6. Braid with Three-Strand Core
Eye Splice
Rope-to-Wire Splice
7. Braid with Parallel Core
Eye Splice
8. Hollow Braid
Eye Splice
Locked Eye Splice
End-to-End Splice
9. Copolymer End-to-End Splice
10. Eight-Plait Rope
Eye Splice
End-to-End Splice
Temporary Eye Splice
11. Eight-Plait Rope-to-Chain Splice
Rope-to-Chain Splice
12. Twelve-Plait Rope
Eye Splice
End-to-End Splice
13. Whipping and Seizing
Traditional Whipping
Sailmaker's Whipping
Seizing
Chafe Protection
14. Sew-and-Serve Eye Splice
15. Quick and Easy Knots
16. Liverpool Wire Splice
17. Making Your Own Rope
Glossary
Index