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Farmers eye splice12/17/2023 ![]() ![]() He'll measure up our future stern arch for hanging our solar panels on as well as mount other assorted items like radar. Evan Shalers working on our self steering and trim tabs for inside steering so we'll want to go up and perhaps get that installed. Perhaps we'll even get to sail her up to Nanaimo at the end of July. It will be such a HUGE step to get her rigged. ![]() It will be great to get back to work on her. ![]() We haven't been up to see MOM since Thanksgiving. ![]() All the mast wiring, bottom paint, plumbing, cabin lights, just to name a few things. Insulation for the motor compartment and hatches, more electronics - antenna and VHF marine radio, HF Ham radio and tuner once the mast is up – with insulators for the back stay in the wire rigging. Our basement fills with boat parts more and more. With splicing the bending is moved throughout a larger space with not just ONE spot it is bent as the wire flexes with use. I can tell it's a WAY strong way to go versus swages that are known to crack and fail at the place the wire rope meets the swage after use. THUS the wire splicing! Carl's first splice looked pretty rough - but the 2nd one looked better. Then when Carl gets me in June, we'll go launch MOM again and go to Vancouver Island to have the rigging and spar installed. We've got to finish painting the top sides as well. Now there's some expense! We've looked at Kiwi Grip and Tread Master sheets that you apply with epoxy. Carl will start getting the bottom paint on and top sides. Meanwhile, the mast builder is building our mast and we're looking forward to getting back up north in June! I'll be helping Carl drive up to Lopez Island come May, then fly back to finish the school year out. We've been working and buying boat parts all winter. It'll be funny to see the look on people's faces when they look at our anomaly of a steel boat and say J32? That's the logo on the sail. We got our main sail from Atlantic Sail Traders (used) and it's SO crispy! We were so excited to get it at a 4th of the price of a new one! We got 2 more reefs built in and took out the battens and sewed them shut. We're getting our sheets, and halyards thru the mail. Looks like we will return the first part of May to continue the process.Ĭarl's splicing wire rope. Still working in Utah and gathering materials to complete the finishing of MOM. (3 separate slide shows about the construction and rigging of our mast) NOW AVAILABLE: Power Point presentation of the mast construction. Once your splice has been pulled tight, it needs to be stitched shut a few times to keep it from slipping out.SEA VOYAGES 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Home The final tool, which you should be familiar with as well, is a sewing needle. Several times during this splice you will need to tape your working end securely to the tubular fid so you can slide the rope back through itself without snagging. This fid has specific marks on it used to measure certain parts of the rope in a handful of the steps. You will also need a tubular fid these come in many sizes so make sure you choose the correct diameter. It is used to carefully separate the strands of the jacket before digging inside to pry out the core. This type of fid is made of metal that comes to a point with a plastic handle. To extract the core from the jacket, one of the first steps, you will need a Swedish fid or a large spike of some sort. I suppose now it’s worth mentioning that all double braid ropes are made using synthetic materials. The sharper the better, some of the synthetic fibers can be a little stubborn. You are undoubtedly familiar with the first tools: a tape measure and scissors. This process is very difficult to relay through text so I will be including some instructional links down below. For the rest of the splice, the strands follow an under-over pattern down the rope until you have no more length left to tuck. The rope should now have a quasi-squid appearance with a round head and 3 evenly spaced tentacles dangling. Repeat this step around the rest of the rope inserting your two remaining strands. Open up a single point in the rope by twisting it the opposite way and feed one of your strands through the opening. Pick a spot farther in to start weaving the rope back into itself, how far down you go will determine your eye size. At this point, if you need to capture a piece of hardware, such as a mounting bracket or dog leash snap, now is the time to feed the rope through it. Wrap a decent amount of tape at the tips of your strands this will save you so much time and headache. The end of the rope is untwisted until each of the 3 strands is just over a foot in length. 3-Strand splicing looks quite a bit more intimidating than it really is. 3-Strand, 8-Strand, and double braid ropes are the only lines that can be spliced properly. ![]()
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