{"id":241,"date":"2014-11-18T15:16:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decamp.org\/?p=241"},"modified":"2017-07-18T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T10:28:18","slug":"splice-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decamp.org\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"Splice of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re not doing that much sailing these days, but Linda does like to be at the boat.\u00a0 Which gives me a lot of time to work on the boat and complete small projects.<\/p>\n

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This last weekend, I replaced the traveler control lines, which had become very frayed.\u00a0 The control lines attach to the traveler car with a clevis pin that goes through an eye in the end of the line.\u00a0\u00a0 I had never done an eye splice in double braid line before, but with a little research found that it was not difficult.<\/p>\n

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In fact, the most difficult part was reconciling the numerous but inconsistent guides on the Internet.\u00a0 The PDF document download below contains my notes, compiled from the research.<\/p>\n

Also, for many boat projects you can re-purpose common household tools, but for splicing you really do need a set of fids.\u00a0 Having made a set of soft shackles both with and without fids, they make it much, much\u00a0easier.\u00a0 I recommend the Allen Selma kit<\/a>, available at Defender.\"605735\"<\/a>[wpdm_file id=14]<\/p>\n

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