Bulldog Clips 80% of Wire Strength-Is that additive?

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Culiffe 2005 (Hand, Reef and Steer) has, for racking seizing, (turns) ...""are wound around and between the parts of the shroud in a figure eight configuration. The wire is then wound round and round back to the starting point, heaving up hard at every turn so that it beds down in between each part of the figures of eight. Finish the turn by frapping, as for a flat seizing. If four or five of these are worked into a shroud it will never move...""

He also makes the point that, unlike a splice, a seizing doesnt damage the galvanizing

This sounds pretty good, but would need some practive and perhaps some testing

Some really obscure descriptions on the Internyet, and some apparent confusion, which of course AI ampifies, and the best explanations I've seen are for fibre rather than wire.

How is the Brion Toss tome on this? Might have to get one and find out

I'm thinking a serving (seizing?) mallet might be useful for this. Never actually used one, but I have watched someone tighten the heavy nylon monofilament lashings holding one of the medium sized PVC pipe boats together with one, in a fishing port here in Taiwan., Dunno what they use for the really big ones but I'd guess it isnt done by hand.

For standing rigging I'm thinking maybe put clips on between the seizings, but maybe dont knip them up fully and monitor for movement. Maybe with a stopper on the dead end of the cable