I have never spliced wire to rope, but after scrutinizing these
splices, I now have an idea how it's done. Have you ever done
any wire to rope splices, Oz?


OzOne wrote

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 08:06:37 GMT, "Bart Senior"
scribbled thusly:

Latest News on Restoring ECHO

HALYARDS: There's lots of rope coming out of ECHO's
mast base, five halyards, each of which is spiced wire to rope,
and the expose wire portion is swaged to a snap shackle.

Cut them off and reswage them every couple of years.
That's where they fail without warning.
You won't lose much and can do it for quite a few years before the
rest of the wire is cactus.