Question I understand the normal way to Splice hollow braid is pass the working end through go down 2 or 3 crossovers xxx pass through again xxx if needed xxx one more pass through again then bury the end. Why is this method any better if at all you're still relying on friction to hold it all together.
With this method the Brummell locks the splice as it pull Li’s tight on itself. The final bury of the tail, helps but the mean pressure come from the steps. XXX could become loose under no load
Hi there, i am thinking of replacing part of the standing rigging on my 22 foot sailing boat from stainless steel to dyneema. I was thinking of the 2 lowers and backstay. My question is, would those eye splices be strong enough for the job, please. Best regards Oz from England.
If you get the right diameter of dyneema it will be more than strong enough. In many case the rope can have a higher breaking load than traditional wire. I have a j109 which is 36 foot long and I use dyneema for my back stay. The J1019 has a mast head kite so the loads can be high. The only point to consider is that dyneema will stretch as the rope beds in. This is why many still choose metal rigging for the lowers. You could always tighten the splice if it did stretch
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Great tutorial! Thank you!!!
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Very timely demonstration for me. I'm re-rigging my small sailing dinghy and am going to be using dyneema if I can get small enough thimbles.
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Question I understand the normal way to Splice hollow braid is pass the working end through go down 2 or 3 crossovers xxx pass through again xxx if needed xxx one more pass through again then bury the end. Why is this method any better if at all you're still relying on friction to hold it all together.
With this method the Brummell locks the splice as it pull Li’s tight on itself.
The final bury of the tail, helps but the mean pressure come from the steps.
XXX could become loose under no load
Hi there, i am thinking of replacing part of the standing rigging on my 22 foot sailing boat from stainless steel to dyneema. I was thinking of the 2 lowers and backstay. My question is, would those eye splices be strong enough for the job, please. Best regards Oz from England.
If you get the right diameter of dyneema it will be more than strong enough. In many case the rope can have a higher breaking load than traditional wire. I have a j109 which is 36 foot long and I use dyneema for my back stay. The J1019 has a mast head kite so the loads can be high.
The only point to consider is that dyneema will stretch as the rope beds in. This is why many still choose metal rigging for the lowers.
You could always tighten the splice if it did stretch