3 Strand Rope Eye Splice

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3 strand rope eye splice.

Easy step by step instructions for splicing two ropes together using a short splice in this detailed knot tying video tutorial. For mooring towlines and other long term or critical applications seven tucks are recommended. Modern synthetic materials however tend to be slippery and now a minimum of five complete tucks is required. Tuck strand 1 under the nearest marked spot figure 3 above.

In this video i demonstrate how i splice an eye loop onto an end of the rope. Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength. The animation only shows the threading of two complete tucks with the final image. Splicing is a way of interwea.

The eye splice and its variants are well described by ashley abok 2725 p 445. Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method. All dock lines should have an eye splice in one end. This technique is very important for working with rope especially for sailor.

In this detailed video tutorial we show you easy step by step instructions for tying an eye splice with three strand rope. Then tuck strand 2 under the marked spot behind strand 1 figure 4 below. The eye splice is a great way to permenantly put a loop in the end of any length of rope. Note the mark around the standing part of the rope your individual strands will tuck under these marks.

A splice you put in yourself will be just as strong as one done by a professional rigger and splicing an eye into three strand rope is really very easy.