The connection to your mooring deadman, or to your anchor chain for smaller boats (and also for a kedge anchor set astern, or the one on the tender), pre-set dock lines for your cleats… there are plenty of opportunities to use splices when sailing a multihull. So let’s learn how to do them together!
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Up until today, you’ve observed with respect and wonder this elegant assembly of rope strands that constitutes a splice... Well, that’s normal: it wasn’t you who made them. However, it is very useful to know how to make them. A splice has many advantages over a simple knot. First of all, we can't undo it anymore. This avoids any malicious acts. Secondly, the rope retains its full strength, while a knot can cause a loss of 30 to 50% of the breaking load; and there’s no chafing, thanks to the thimble. Another advantage: a neatly-tapered splice will easily slide through your bow-roller, where a k…
