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Boat Forum / Boats / September 2006End to end short splices...
Used to be I could do this in my sleep. Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of rope. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! > Used to be I could do this in my sleep. > > Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of > rope. > > AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Chapman book? >>Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Chapman book? Do they let old grumpy guys like Tom into the Power & Sail Squadron? >>>Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Do they let old grumpy guys like Tom into the Power & Sail Squadron? I think so, if he's restrained in a chair with straps and a muzzle. >>>>Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >I think so, if he's restrained in a chair with straps and a muzzle. That too. >>>Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Do they let old grumpy guys like Tom into the Power & Sail Squadron? Who do you think brings the coffee and doughnuts? >> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Chapman book? Nah - I figured it out eventually - just took a couple of tries. Seriously, I used to be able to do that by feel only. Amazing how time flies. >>> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Amazing how time flies. I never learned, which is absolutely ridiculous. If you saw the Rube Goldberg method I used for assembling my anchor rode, you'd shoot me, and I wouldn't blame you. >>>> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Goldberg method I used for assembling my anchor rode, you'd shoot me, and I >wouldn't blame you. You used a Surgeon's Knot didn't you? >>>>> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > You used a Surgeon's Knot didn't you? Worse. A bowline, with the tag end fastened using waxed whipping twine. Solid, but really ugly. >>>>>> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >Worse. A bowline, with the tag end fastened using waxed whipping twine. >Solid, but really ugly. Hey, if it works, it works. I enjoy handiwork which is why I learned as a kid how to do different splices. My instructor was the charter captain I worked for in high school - former career Navy Chief/DI and a real expert in marlinspike seamanship. I helped him splice a two inch steel hawser cable one time when the mooring company couldn't place his mooring in the harbor because they were waiting on a replacement cable. :>) I learned a ton of stuff from him that I still use to this day. He used to tell me that if he couldn't teach a greenie how to do something, that would be the day he'd retire. The funny thing was we had a mutual appreciation for learning. He had a great relationship with the Sea Scout Master who was a former Coastie Chief/Tug Captain and they'd swap ideas all the time - while I was listening. :>) The guy was amazing. >>>>>>> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > The guy was amazing. Sounds like a fine person. When you stop learning, you're either dead, or you've become a rock. And, some would say that even rocks learn. > Used to be I could do this in my sleep. > > Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of > rope. > > AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Does this help? http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Rope_splice.htm >> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Rope_splice.htm Probably not; Tom is animation challenged. >>> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Probably not; Tom is animation challenged. Animate this. >> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Rope_splice.htm Ah yes, the animation that reminds one of two squid mating. Thanks - I figured it out. :>) > Used to be I could do this in my sleep. > > Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of > rope. > > AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Rope_splice.htm > Used to be I could do this in my sleep. > > Now I can't remember how to do a short splice to join two pieces of > rope. > > AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!! When you get as old as you, you HID. Hire It Done. >> Used to be I could do this in my sleep. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >When you get as old as you, you HID. Hire It Done. Or that. |
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