Went to anchor out a couple of weekends ago and found that the stainless steel thimble the line was spliced to was disintegrating. Not wanting to take any risks I pulled my spare anchor from the lazarette and found that it's thimble wasn't much better but usable. I've since bought 240' of new 9/16 3-strand and 30' of chain for my bow anchor which was old and crusty.
Rather than splice in a new thimble and re-rig the swivel and shackle from my old rig I decided to splice the line directly to the chain. Found many web sites showing the back splice where the three strands wrap around the end link and splice back onto the line itself and only three that showed the "elongated" splice where the strands are spliced through several links of chain.
That's what I used. Attached are some pics of my splice. I don't have a windlass which is probably what the line to chain spices are meant for but I like the simplicity and lack of extraneous hardware.
Thoughts? Downsides?
Rather than splice in a new thimble and re-rig the swivel and shackle from my old rig I decided to splice the line directly to the chain. Found many web sites showing the back splice where the three strands wrap around the end link and splice back onto the line itself and only three that showed the "elongated" splice where the strands are spliced through several links of chain.
That's what I used. Attached are some pics of my splice. I don't have a windlass which is probably what the line to chain spices are meant for but I like the simplicity and lack of extraneous hardware.
Thoughts? Downsides?
