![]() ![]() You’ll need to continue feeding each single strand through a bit at a time. ![]() The video shows an eye splice, but we figured we’re doing the same, just our “eye” is through the last link of chain! David did it in the US Coast Guard and thought he remembered how, but that was 40 years ago and he’s slept since then! The video is great to show what photos didn’t! Keep Splicing!Ħ. Thanks to for the great instructions we referenced when actually doing the splicing. Now take the awl or fid, whatever you’re using to “open” the spaces to feed the separated line through the nylon 3 strand line. The Awl Temporarily Opens the 3 Strand So David Can Feed a Single Strand Throughĥ. Two should go through one way and one the other way. The next step is to start the connection by feeding the three ends through the connecting link of chain. This will make it easier to feed the too large single strands through a too small space! □Ĥ. David didn’t have any trouble just starting from this point.ģ.Blue taping the ends of each single strand and then melting each end with the Ancor Mini-Butane Torch. If you want, you can secure this spot with seizing line or blue tape to keep it from unraveling more. ![]() Untwist the three strand nylon rode to twice the length that you want the splice. First things first, David assembles everything he thinks he’ll need including an awl, blue tape, the Ancor Mini Pocket Butane Torch, the sail kit needle and palm protector, a knife and some scissors.Ģ. Laid Side By Side with Old Splice as Exampleġ. To start, we have a wooden crate filled with old rusty chain, the new chain marked for depth and ready to attach to the nylon rode. Now we’re on our own and it’s Amateur Hour! Please keep that in mind as you read about how we did this! The first time, when we were totally newbies, we had West Marine splice the chain to rode – they price matched Defender where we found better chain prices at the time. Cruising the Western Caribbean we rarely used all 150′ of chain anchoring mostly in 15′ or less of water. We use 150′ of 5/16 hi test chain spliced to 150′ of rode for a total of 300 feet. Amateur Hour! One of the details we’ve been dreading about changing out our totally rusted and questionably reliable anchor chain is how to splice the new chain to the existing nylon 3 strand rode. ![]()
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