Advanced splicing course, Solent Area?

[Ladybirdgaffcutter]

I wonder if any forum users know of anything like this?

I want some formal practical instruction in wire splicing, multiplait polyester splicing, and possibly a bit of 3-strand fancywork.
I'm struggling to find a course, if such a thing exists, in the Solent/IoW area by searching online.

There aren't any RYA courses in this subject as far as I know.

There are commercial rigging courses but they are expensive, vocational courses for cranes, lifts etc, not much good for traditional sailing craft rigging.

The wire splicing is in the EDH, but that course is no good because I know most of the other practical stuff anyway, and the rest is mainly Health and Safety and PSSR carp.

The IBTC used to offer a trad rigging course as a Short Course , but they have suddenly put the short courses on hold UFN.

Thanks for any pointers.

 

[prv]

I know of one in Nova Scotia - the "Bosun School" associated with the Picton Castle - but that's not a lot of help

 

[Ladybirdgaffcutter]

I know of one in Nova Scotia - the "Bosun School" associated with the Picton Castle - but that's not a lot of help

I would love to do that, if I didn't have my own floating relics to tinker with..
You have given me food for thought though, thanks. Square rigger associations must be a promising line of enquiry.

 

[[70521]]

I was on my annual visit to Jimmy Green's in Beer a few weeks ago for new rope and a decent crab sandwich in one of the pubs while they make up the order and asked them if they did any talks for sailing clubs. The chap said they never got invited! Sounded like an ideal winters evening talk to me.

 

[Poignard]

There may be a branch of the Guild of Knot Tyers near you that might offer tuition.

 

[prv]

I would love to do that, if I didn't have my own floating relics to tinker with..
You have given me food for thought though, thanks. Square rigger associations must be a promising line of enquiry.

Maybe also talk to Square Sail in Charlestown in Cornwall - I think they do some rigging work there.

Pete

 

[AntarcticPilot]

It's going to be wire splicing that's difficult - splicing rope is easy enough to do from books (or You-tube, for those who prefer videos). But wire-splicing a) requires different equipment, some of which is ideally work-shop based (splicing bench) and b) probably does involve learning special skills. I've never considered doing wire-splicing, but if I did, I'd start with Ashley's Book of Knots - it certainly has the basics in it.

 

[Wansworth]

Worked on a dredger and renewed all the wire splices referring to my little handy rigging book for yachtsmen.....didn’t tell the skipper ,he was a roughy toughie professional sailer......who couldn’t splice!

 

[Biggles Wader]

When I did an EDH course sometime well into the last century it required a "Board of Trade" locking splice and nothing else with wire that I can recall. Ive long since forgotten how to do it.

 

[Ladybirdgaffcutter]

Worked on a dredger and renewed all the wire splices referring to my little handy rigging book for yachtsmen.....didn’t tell the skipper ,he was a roughy toughie professional sailer......who couldn’t splice!

Ha ha, I've had similar scenarios in various rustbuckets..

And thanks for the replies gents, I have e'd the Solent chapter of the IGYT, +Squaresail and Classic Sailing just now.

 

[Nikia]

I was on my annual visit to Jimmy Green's in Beer a few weeks ago for new rope and a decent crab sandwich in one of the pubs while they make up the order and asked them if they did any talks for sailing clubs. The chap said they never got invited! Sounded like an ideal winters evening talk to me.

Our yacht club enjoyed a winter talk on splicing by English Braid.
The guy who presented it was brilliant, and made it a fascinating and entertaining evening, using practical demonstrations and getting some of us involved as well.