Rigging - Halyard Attachments

Roach1948

Roach1948

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Trying to do as much as poss when I am away from the boat; now it is the rigging that is sprawled over my bedroom floor. I have some nice hemp look-a-like braided rope from Classic Marine and was wondering how to attach my snap shackles. I have tried a splice, but I am clearly hopeless at that skill (It is also fiddly 6mm rope) and it is costing a metre of expensive rope at each failure.

Can I get away with a bowline pressing down on an thimble? Any neat/strong/chaff free way I can do this without splicing?
 
How namy splices does the boat require?

Either a) learn to splice or b) take the rope to somebody or a company that can.

OPtion a) is the best. If learning yourself buy some cheaper rope to practice on.

If you are using a metre of expensive rope at each attempt you are using far too much 6mm rope. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I can splice 3 -strand fine, but this is Multi-braid - and it really is not that easy. You are right, the yacht needs many splices, but as I have now gone off multi-braid, and will be getting sythethic tradiational looking 3 strand for the rest of the yacht I need to sort the remaining braided rope, and it looks like I will do this by stitching and whipping!
 
THats a blood knot, used for tying on fishing hooks and also used for stopper knots, in my experience. I guess it would work well for a halyard.
 
Splicing multiplait is easy once you get the knack of it. Assuming you're using a set of fids, just follow their instructions to the letter. Mark the rope with indelible ink as necessary; only after a few can attempts can you make the splices without marking the rope.

6mm halyards are a bit to small IMO. Although they will cope with the loading, they are too small to 'handle'.

Use 10 or 12mm for this purpose. You'll find it easier to splice too.

AVOID the hemp look-alike ropes; they are not very good quality. I re rigged a So'wester after only a few years with 'look alike' ropes. Went for oridnary white 3-strand, and have never looked back. Used both 8mm and 10mm depending on purpose.

I found that the look-alike rope abraded badly, and discoloured in the sun.
 
Thanks - good tips!

Marlow or Liras box -standard here we go- save me a few bob too!

As for the size - well there is little I can do. She is a small yacht and the bronze sheaves are a little tight with 8mm - and I have got enough to do without going replacing all that.
 
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