Whipping

[Cotillion]

No not the thigh high boots and wet-look variety.

How do you whip a thimble onto your halliards. Apparently it involves an amount of sewing. Anyone know where I might find an easy to follow description as to how?

kim

 

[Cornishman]

Whipping is usually used for preventing a ropes end from fraying or un-laying. Thimbles can either be eye spliced into the end of the rope, or seized. If you want further instructions see The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith, published by David & Charles. He covers both 3 stranded and braided ropes.

 

[snowleopard]

if you have braided halliards and don't want to splice an eye, lay the rope round the thimble so that the tail end lies back alongside the standing part. using a needle and palm, stitch through both thicknesses of rope several times then wrap the join tightly using whipping twine. simple.

 

[Cotillion]

Sounds simple enough. Thanks for your help

kim

 

[Porthandbuoy]

That reminds me! Have you seen those adverts where the 3-strand rope disappears behind the windlass and reappears as chain? How is it done? I use a galvanised thimble and a muckle great shackle, but it scratches the chrome.

 

[theia]

search for 'splicing' on google or similar and you should get plenty of info. not sure if jimmy green marine's web site gives info.

 

[Guest]

Seizing do you mean ?

The best way is to draw the rope back around the thimble and back into itself forming the loop as an eye..... the end actually gets inserted and pulled along the centre of the longer standing part. A large version of a crochet hook basically does the job. To make sure that all takes up properly when starin comes on .... sew through the joint a number of times to lock the end in the rope. Done properly the rope tightens when under strain and friction holds the short end in the standing. For security and peace of mind I would then seize the affair with suitable thread by seizing ....

A whipping is lighter and basically for rope ends ....