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End to end short splices...
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
... Used to be I could do this in my sleep. Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of rope. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Chapman book? |
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End to end short splices...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... Used to be I could do this in my sleep. Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of rope. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Chapman book? Do they let old grumpy guys like Tom into the Power & Sail Squadron? |
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End to end short splices...
"Don White" wrote in message
... JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... Used to be I could do this in my sleep. Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of rope. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Chapman book? Do they let old grumpy guys like Tom into the Power & Sail Squadron? I think so, if he's restrained in a chair with straps and a muzzle. |
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End to end short splices...
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
... On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:00:48 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message . .. Used to be I could do this in my sleep. Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of rope. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Chapman book? Nah - I figured it out eventually - just took a couple of tries. Seriously, I used to be able to do that by feel only. Amazing how time flies. I never learned, which is absolutely ridiculous. If you saw the Rube Goldberg method I used for assembling my anchor rode, you'd shoot me, and I wouldn't blame you. |
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End to end short splices...
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
... On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:57:58 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:00:48 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message m... Used to be I could do this in my sleep. Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of rope. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Chapman book? Nah - I figured it out eventually - just took a couple of tries. Seriously, I used to be able to do that by feel only. Amazing how time flies. I never learned, which is absolutely ridiculous. If you saw the Rube Goldberg method I used for assembling my anchor rode, you'd shoot me, and I wouldn't blame you. You used a Surgeon's Knot didn't you? Worse. A bowline, with the tag end fastened using waxed whipping twine. Solid, but really ugly. |
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End to end short splices...
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
... On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:01:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:57:58 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message m... On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:00:48 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message news:tphsh2pt3bjjuf2dblo8fq4ralgekfomdd@4ax. com... Used to be I could do this in my sleep. Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of rope. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Chapman book? Nah - I figured it out eventually - just took a couple of tries. Seriously, I used to be able to do that by feel only. Amazing how time flies. I never learned, which is absolutely ridiculous. If you saw the Rube Goldberg method I used for assembling my anchor rode, you'd shoot me, and I wouldn't blame you. You used a Surgeon's Knot didn't you? Worse. A bowline, with the tag end fastened using waxed whipping twine. Solid, but really ugly. Hey, if it works, it works. I enjoy handiwork which is why I learned as a kid how to do different splices. My instructor was the charter captain I worked for in high school - former career Navy Chief/DI and a real expert in marlinspike seamanship. I helped him splice a two inch steel hawser cable one time when the mooring company couldn't place his mooring in the harbor because they were waiting on a replacement cable. :) I learned a ton of stuff from him that I still use to this day. He used to tell me that if he couldn't teach a greenie how to do something, that would be the day he'd retire. The funny thing was we had a mutual appreciation for learning. He had a great relationship with the Sea Scout Master who was a former Coastie Chief/Tug Captain and they'd swap ideas all the time - while I was listening. :) The guy was amazing. Sounds like a fine person. When you stop learning, you're either dead, or you've become a rock. And, some would say that even rocks learn. |
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