Splice 8 Strand Rope Chain

This is a useful splice particularly for anchorlines.

Splice 8 strand rope chain.

Don t snug it up on the chain too tightly. Brait to chain splice yale cordage inc. It has the same soft hand as the octoplait i used in europe and the same resistance to hockling that annoying tendency of three strand to form loops when it s twisted. These instructions detail the procedure to fabricate a rope to chain splice in yale s brait products or any suitable 8 strand plaited rope.

Put a whipping on the 8 strand rope about 20 x the diameter of the rope from the end in this case it is approx. Place a wrap of twine around the rope at this point and tie tightly a double overhand knot would suffice. 400mm from the end use a basic overhand knot one side and a reef knot on the other and cut off the ends. When this splice is under load the rope s twist tightens to lock the backed strands.

Splice terminations are used in all our ropes to determine new and unused tensile strengths. Take strand 2 and pass it through one side of the chain link while passing strands 1 and 3 through the link from the opposite side staying on the outside of strand 2 figure 3 below. Single braid splice tuck 6 double braid 8 double braid splice 8 core to core splice 11 sta set x pcr splice 13 tapering the cover on high tech ropes 15 tapered 8 plait to chain splice 16 three strand 18 rope to chain splice 18 rope to splice standard tapered 20 full fid length short fid section long fid section 1 4 5 16. I bought 20 feet of 5 8 brait to splice to 70 feet of 5 16 g4 chain which i hooked up to my delta anchor.

Beginning the splice first lay out rope on a flat surface and count 12 picks crowns from one end towards standing part of rope. Splice to a single link be cause it is inserted through a link and then turned 180 degrees back and threaded against the twist of the line. Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength. Begin tucking the strands in an over 1 under 1 pattern figure.

The key to this splice for rope to chain windlasses is to keep it loose. Finish off with a drop of super glue to prevent the reef knot from undoing. Scissors swedish fid measuring tape adhesive tape twine procedure.