Splicing rope

[robanfield]

Hi to all,

I am hoping that one of your riggers can tell me how to join Liros 16mm braided nylon rope to 16mm 8 strand squareline nylon rope. If there is anybody who can recommend a type of splice or point me in the right direction it would be really appreciated. This is for an anchor line on a 6mtr boat.

Many thanks in advance to anybody who can help.

Best regards, Rob.

[paulears]

Hi - I suspect you may not get much in the way of replies here - a number of members have read the post, but oddly to outsiders, our kind of rigging involves attaching heavy things to metalwork, so we use chains, and steel wire rope. Most of our terminations are now crimped, although we're still using slightly older methods too. As for ordinary rope, we use a bit of 25-30mm hemp in theatrical flying, and all sorts of nylon stuff to get our heavy duty chain up to something solid. As we don't use rope for support any more because of regulation (how much weight can a bit of old rope take? No idea?) we don't splice as a normal thing - no need to. Our use of rope usually means a knot! We do a have a few people who can do nice splices because they learned how to years ago, but it's just not something we do - sorry.

 

Somebody might be along who's an old sailor, but frankly, I doubt it - and without a video, it would be difficult to explain in text!

Paul

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[kerry davies]

Try these guys http://www.certex.co.uk/lifting-gear-produ...ibre-rope__1090 or better still go to a ships chandlers, we don't get too many boats anchoring around here!

Certex have taken over a few firms like Gloucester Rope and Tackle and kept a few expert staff on the books.

[Dj Dunc]

What about flints? They do a marine chandlers wing dont they?

 

www.flints.co.uk

[robanfield]

Hi - I suspect you may not get much in the way of replies here - a number of members have read the post, but oddly to outsiders, our kind of rigging involves attaching heavy things to metalwork, so we use chains, and steel wire rope. Most of our terminations are now crimped, although we're still using slightly older methods too. As for ordinary rope, we use a bit of 25-30mm hemp in theatrical flying, and all sorts of nylon stuff to get our heavy duty chain up to something solid. As we don't use rope for support any more because of regulation (how much weight can a bit of old rope take? No idea?) we don't splice as a normal thing - no need to. Our use of rope usually means a knot! We do a have a few people who can do nice splices because they learned how to years ago, but it's just not something we do - sorry.

 

Somebody might be along who's an old sailor, but frankly, I doubt it - and without a video, it would be difficult to explain in text!

Paul

mods

 

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Thanks for your time.

Regards, Rob.

 

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Try these guys http://www.certex.co.uk/lifting-gear-produ...ibre-rope__1090 or better still go to a ships chandlers, we don't get too many boats anchoring around here!

Certex have taken over a few firms like Gloucester Rope and Tackle and kept a few expert staff on the books.

 

A concurrent post has been automatically merged from this point on.

 

Many thanks to all of you. Regards, Rob.

[boatman]

The best knot for this application is the Simple Simon Knot first described by Harry Asher in his 'Alternative Knot Book' published in 1989.

 

PDF on how to tie it

 

Wikipedia page

 

Amazon page (no picture)

[Bobbsy]

Moderation: Although there have been some good suggestions about where to go for the answer, this question is really outside our area of competence so I'll close this one now. Good luck to the OP...and enjoy your sailing! I'd rather be out on a boat than in a dark theatre!