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cover mark

core mark #2
A core
mark
#1

B C
core mark #3
core mark #1

core mark #2

Figure 4-17A–C. Core-to-Core Splice. Mark the Tucking Tuck the core in at the cover mark, and
core (A). Running the core through the cover of the out in the same hole it’s already coming out of. You
eye. Thread on the shackle now, it you want one (B). just take a trip through the circumference of the eye.
Core Mark #3 (C). If you are splicing a closed-loop shackle on, thread it
onto the core now (Figure 4-17B).

there will be a significant amount of core sticking More Setting Up Pull on the core end until the
out of the cover. first mark on the core lines up with the mark on the
Measure 48 rope diameters from the end of the cover. Holding the marks together, smooth out the
core, and make a mark on the cover with a marking eye circumference. Then mark the core once more,
pen or China marker. Continue on from there to get just where it exits the cover. Call this Core Mark #3
the eye circumference you want—usually very short, (Figure 4-17C).
as these lines are used for halyards and sheets. Take
the core out at the far side of the eye. Tapering the Core Pull a yarn out of the core
Smooth the cover out one more time, and make eight diameters or so beyond Core Mark #3. Pull
a mark right where the core exits (Core Mark #1 seven to nine more yarns out at regular intervals,
in Figure 4-17A). If the core is a light color, use working toward the core end. Finish the taper by
a marking pen or (preferably) a China marker. If raveling the end and cutting it on a long angle (Fig-
it’s dark, use a white China marker or white-out. ure 4-17D).
Make a second mark eight diameters up from the
first (one-third of a Dacron cover tail length). This More Tucking Tuck the core into itself at Core
is Core Mark #2. Mark #2. Bury it for about one-and-a-third times

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