The Splicing Handbook: Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes

The only book devoted completely to slicing today's ropes,this fully illustrated,step-by-step guide has been expanded and enhanced in this new edition and now covers wire splices,and splices in Spectra and Kevlar ropes as well as Dacron braid and traditional three-strand. The Splicing Handbook includes every splice project a boater will ever need.

'The Splicing Handbook is particularly helpful in explaining- and showing with simple,straightforward illustrations - how to manage the bewildering array of new rope materials and weaves. ' - Down East

'Here's a book you can read for the pleasure of knowing how splicing is accomplished. It is also a reference book that your crew can review when tackling a. . . specialty splicing job. ' - Shoreline The only reference devoted entirely to splicing today's ropes,this new and expanded edition includes step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices in traditional twisted and modern braided ropes. Now covers eery kind of splicing project a boater is likely to encounter,including modern cordage such as Spectra,and wire and rope-to-wire splices.