I just noticed that the instructions for eye splicing Sta-Set that I
downloaded from the New England Ropes site are slightly different than
the ones in the booklet that came with the fid set. I downloaded the
instructions first and then ended up teaching myself from the booklet
because it was right there.

There are a couple of clearer explanations in the on-line version and
a couple of things I figured out the hard way.

Use the downloaded version if you try this at home.

It's a good thing to know how to do. I'm going to save seven bucks on
each of my new docklines and the eyes will be the size I want.

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Roger Long

7 bucks x 4 docklines = the price of the fid kit

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Roger Long

Roger Long wrote:
I just noticed that the instructions for eye splicing Sta-Set that I
downloaded from the New England Ropes site are slightly different than
the ones in the booklet that came with the fid set. I downloaded the
instructions first and then ended up teaching myself from the booklet
because it was right there.

There are a couple of clearer explanations in the on-line version and
a couple of things I figured out the hard way.

Use the downloaded version if you try this at home.

It's a good thing to know how to do. I'm going to save seven bucks on
each of my new docklines and the eyes will be the size I want.


The question is, why would you want to use Sta-Set for a dock line???

Sta-Set is double braid Dacron, with relatively low stretch (though
not as low as high tech stuff) that is better suited to jib sheets.
For dock lines why wouldn't you use nylon? In both cases, the
strength is about 8500 pounds for 1/2 inch line, but nylon will
stretch about 5% at 800 pounds load, while Sta-Set is only around 1%.
I would think that having several inches to a foot of elongation
available in a dockline would be highly desirable.

I'm not. Sorry, that wasn't clear. The nylon double braid is the
same construction so I'll just splice it the same way.

Actually, I'll check the New England Rope sites to see if the
instructions for the nylon double braid are slightly different.

Lots of motion at my dock. I have rubber snubbers on the bow and
stern lines and shock cords on the middle of the springs. Gives me
the willies just to thing what Sta-Set dock lines would feel like

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Roger Long



"Jeff" wrote

The question is, why would you want to use Sta-Set for a dock
line???

I just checked. Same procedure for Sta-Set and Nylon.

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Roger Long

In article ,
says...


I just checked. Same procedure for Sta-Set and Nylon.

In this case, it's the construction, not the fiber, that matters.
Double-braid is double-braid. Now, how do you splice braided cover,
linear core?

"Gogarty" wrote

Double-braid is double-braid. Now, how do you splice braided cover,
linear core?


Like this:

http://www.neropes.com/splice/sp30_pcr_eye_splice.htm

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Roger Long