Splicing 8 Strand Braided Rope To Chain

Put a whipping on the 8 strand rope about 20 x the diameter of the rope from the end in this case it is approx.

Splicing 8 strand braided rope to chain. Step 5 strand tucks. Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. Splice terminations are used in all our ropes to determine new and unused tensile strengths. Take strand 2 and pass it through one side of the chain link while passing strands 1 and 3 through the link from the opposite side staying on the outside of strand 2 figure 3 below.

This method for the next series of tucks is to go over a strand pair then under a strand pair. Begin tucking the strands in an over 1 under 1 pattern figure. Boating magazine s jim hendricks walks you through creating the rope to chain splice that allows an electric windlass to feed the rope and chain in and out o. Line up the rope to the end of the chain link.

Pull all strand pairs snug to the chain. Finish off with a drop of super glue to prevent the reef knot from undoing. So essentially you are doubling up the braid from two strands to four. This splice allows the usual rope and chain combination of an anchor cable to be almost seamlessly joined for minimum loss of rope strength and minimum bulk for passing over a bow roller or through a hawse pipe.

Double braid splice 8 core to core splice 11 sta set x pcr splice 13 tapering the cover on high tech ropes 15 tapered 8 plait to chain splice 16 three strand 18 rope to chain splice 18 rope to splice standard tapered 20 full fid length short fid section long fid section 1 4. In this splice when you go over a strand pair you need to follow the braid of the rope as shown in photo. It has the same soft hand as the octoplait i used in europe and the same resistance to hockling that annoying tendency of three strand to form loops when it s twisted. Place a wrap of twine around the rope at this point and tie tightly a double overhand knot would suffice.

400mm from the end use a basic overhand knot one side and a reef knot on the other and cut off the ends. First lay out rope on a flat surface and count 12 picks crowns from one end towards standing part of rope. See our guide to a three strand eye splice here.