Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

I just don't like knots tied to anchor ropes, dock lines, throw lines...etc on my boats. No real reason. They just bug the heck out of me. Its a compulsive pet peeve of mine I guess...anyhow I like to splice the rope. It also looks cool.

Something like a 50% loss of strength if you knot a rope instead of splice. Its also cheaper to splice one to the length you need instead of buying it that way.

Here is a guide on how to splice I have used off and on...once you do it, its pretty easy. They also offer a pdf download of the guide.


http://www.neropes.com/SplicingGuideChoice.aspx

We made them for use in electrical work all the time, as we ware out a line over time heavy lifting and dragging them, but we never had a eye loop break on us, the line would go first, so we always made sure we had someone who knew how to splice

We where supposed to learn how to splice in the navy when I was in...but the "a-gangers" as we called them (maintenance people on the sub) actually did the splices for the dock lines and such.

Niiiiiice! Thanks!

When I was in the Boy Scouts I received a Merit badge for knots and splicing rope and lines.
I am lucky if I remember two of the knots (square knot and bowling) that I can tie and if I attempted to splice rope I would most likely unravel the entire line.

Thanks for the link. I think I will try again to splice a line. It makes latching to the dock a lot easier.

Here is a nice PDF file on rope splicing:

http://www.scouting.org.za/resources/pi ... licing.pdf