I need to replace my travaler line. I want to do the eye splice myself. can anyone explain this to me or at least tell me where to look . Mybe a web site or book? I need idiot proof directions. Hawaii dan
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You need a fid kit
Dan: You need a fid kit. They have them at West Marine. It is a complicated operation if you have not done it. The kit has the tools you need to make it easier and the instructions too.
Dan: You need a fid kit. They have them at West Marine. It is a complicated operation if you have not done it. The kit has the tools you need to make it easier and the instructions too.
Lashing is also viable......
Books on the subject are available through on-line book stores and Public Library. It is much older, easer and flexable process for the same result. Cost excluding the book is a couple of dollars and is fool proof. I do a lot of lashing so it's got to be fool proof. Right?
Greg
Books on the subject are available through on-line book stores and Public Library. It is much older, easer and flexable process for the same result. Cost excluding the book is a couple of dollars and is fool proof. I do a lot of lashing so it's got to be fool proof. Right?
GregI agree with Paul.
Dan: I agree with Paul. A bowline will work fine and save about and hour or two (if you know how to do it). That's what I did on mine.
Dan: I agree with Paul. A bowline will work fine and save about and hour or two (if you know how to do it). That's what I did on mine.
On this I am an expert!
Well, now, my first end to end splice probably cost me close to five or six hundred dollars. First I bought Brion Toss's video (West Marine) for $19.95. It is great and I watch it many times. Next I bought Brion Toss's Wand for doing braid splices. I highly recommend it for about $49.95. I further went and bought his book (Chapman's Book of Knots) for $14.95 which is also excellent. I then purchased the best line for my furling main sheet from West for about $60.00. Good stuff. I watched the tape one final time at home (don't have television on board--probably should) and started in on the splice on the boat. Had to do it on the boat as the line goes through fittings. Everything worked well until I had to put one end through the other line. It wouldn't go. Damn. I pushed and pushed and it would not go. I broke the wand. So back to West to buy another wand ($49.95). I broke that one in a way too. I was steamed. I had wasted a large number of hours watching the tape, reading the part in the book and doing just part of the damn splice. I went home to watch the tape again and the machine ate my tape! I was beside myself. I took the VCR apart carefully and extracted the tape. I clean the rollers and put it back together again. Then I watch the tape again but this time is really got chewed up. I bought a new VCR (almost the top of the line) for about $400 and a new tape ($19.95). Watch it one more time muttering things about Brion's ancestry and me being a brain doner. Aha! you pull the wand through--not push. Went back to the boat, finish the spice properly and it looks great and has worked for almost a year. Brion didn't know wheter to laugh or cry when he heard my story. It probably would have been cheaper to fly Brion to here, have him do the spice and fly him home. But I learned much from the tape and the book (and my experiences) I do wish I had had the VCR and the tape on board.... But I needed a new VCR anyway. This year I'm going to make special dock lines for the boat. Once you do one or two, it is easy. I certainly like Brion Toss's wands--I think they are much better then fids. And now that I have finally done this splice, I'll leave the two fids on board with the book. I think I could do this again without as much trouble. Have fun.
Well, now, my first end to end splice probably cost me close to five or six hundred dollars. First I bought Brion Toss's video (West Marine) for $19.95. It is great and I watch it many times. Next I bought Brion Toss's Wand for doing braid splices. I highly recommend it for about $49.95. I further went and bought his book (Chapman's Book of Knots) for $14.95 which is also excellent. I then purchased the best line for my furling main sheet from West for about $60.00. Good stuff. I watched the tape one final time at home (don't have television on board--probably should) and started in on the splice on the boat. Had to do it on the boat as the line goes through fittings. Everything worked well until I had to put one end through the other line. It wouldn't go. Damn. I pushed and pushed and it would not go. I broke the wand. So back to West to buy another wand ($49.95). I broke that one in a way too. I was steamed. I had wasted a large number of hours watching the tape, reading the part in the book and doing just part of the damn splice. I went home to watch the tape again and the machine ate my tape! I was beside myself. I took the VCR apart carefully and extracted the tape. I clean the rollers and put it back together again. Then I watch the tape again but this time is really got chewed up. I bought a new VCR (almost the top of the line) for about $400 and a new tape ($19.95). Watch it one more time muttering things about Brion's ancestry and me being a brain doner. Aha! you pull the wand through--not push. Went back to the boat, finish the spice properly and it looks great and has worked for almost a year. Brion didn't know wheter to laugh or cry when he heard my story. It probably would have been cheaper to fly Brion to here, have him do the spice and fly him home. But I learned much from the tape and the book (and my experiences) I do wish I had had the VCR and the tape on board.... But I needed a new VCR anyway. This year I'm going to make special dock lines for the boat. Once you do one or two, it is easy. I certainly like Brion Toss's wands--I think they are much better then fids. And now that I have finally done this splice, I'll leave the two fids on board with the book. I think I could do this again without as much trouble. Have fun.
I have a 'Fid kit' made by Sampson..
I bought it maybe 10 - 15 years ago. It came with fids for lines 1/4 to 1/2 and has detailed instructions that can be followed (read them 2-3 times ) in the comfort/privacy of your home/boat. You can actually splice the stuff - even the continuous line splice - for those of us that have the HOOD LD furlers and looks good/gives some satisfaction.. The first time is the toughest. Practice on some 10' scraps first.....
I bought it maybe 10 - 15 years ago. It came with fids for lines 1/4 to 1/2 and has detailed instructions that can be followed (read them 2-3 times ) in the comfort/privacy of your home/boat. You can actually splice the stuff - even the continuous line splice - for those of us that have the HOOD LD furlers and looks good/gives some satisfaction.. The first time is the toughest. Practice on some 10' scraps first.....
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Check out "The Splicing Handbook" by Barbara Merry, published by International Marine Publishing Company of Camden, Maine. This is the best instructions for splicing braided rope I've found. How you splice it depends on the rope construction. I have never seen a braided rope splice that I thought was good looking. Phil Teter poteter@webzone.net Force 1 h20
Check out "The Splicing Handbook" by Barbara Merry, published by International Marine Publishing Company of Camden, Maine. This is the best instructions for splicing braided rope I've found. How you splice it depends on the rope construction. I have never seen a braided rope splice that I thought was good looking. Phil Teter poteter@webzone.net Force 1 h20
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Dan: In checking my knot books I found "Chapman's Nautical Guides KNOTS" has some real good information on splicing braided lines. Phil Teter
Dan: In checking my knot books I found "Chapman's Nautical Guides KNOTS" has some real good information on splicing braided lines. Phil Teter
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