The chain splice is a modification of the eye splice described by ashley abok 2725 p 445.
3 strand rope to chain splice instructions.
Three strand synthetic rope is cheap to buy durable stretchy and most importantly in this context probably the easiest rope of all to splice.
Now untwist the other two strands.
Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength.
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.
Don t snug it up on the chain too tightly.
Boating magazine s jim hendricks walks you through creating the rope to chain splice that allows an electric windlass to feed the rope and chain in and out o.
Find here our new england ropes splicing guide.
Tape the rope tightly just below where this loose strand joins the others.
Splicing 3 strand rope to anchor chain on the bow of a boat.
Remember the splice will need to make a 180 degree turn on some windlasses.
Then tuck strand 2 under the marked spot behind strand 1 figure 4 below.
Mea sure off a foot of rope and.
Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method.
Line up the rope to the end of the chain link.
The key to this splice for rope to chain windlasses is to keep it loose.
This splice allows the usual rope and chain combination of an anchor cable to be almost seamlessly joined for minimum loss of rope strength and minimum bulk for passing over a bow roller or through a.
Splice terminations are used in all our ropes to determine new and unused tensile strengths.
It contains general splicing tips and various splicing categories like single braid double braid core to core 3 strand rope etc.
For photography only five sets of tucks were completed.
It is particularly useful when rope followed by chain passes over a windlass and descends into a chain locker.
When this splice is under load the rope s twist tightens to lock the backed strands.
Technically it is a miniature flemish eye abok 2751 p 449 completed with additional tucks.
Begin tucking the strands in an over 1 under 1 pattern figure.
Tuck strand 1 under the nearest marked spot figure 3 above.
Untape the rope and tightly tape the ends of the three individual strands.
