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Figure 6-70C. When the wire portion of the halyard is
cut to the right length, the tail of the wire, inside the
rope, will be just above the winch drum when the sail Figure 6-70D. The splice positioned between winch
is fully hoisted. and cleat: another to-be-avoided variation.

Splices of the Future: Rope to Rope lighter. You won’t find instructions for making them
We still do wire-to-rope splices in my shop, but more here–I’m still refining and testing several forms–but
and more we are doing some form of rope-to-rope, these splices are in your future.
with a length of Spectra or Vectran replacing the
wire. The resulting halyards can be stronger and
less elastic than ones made of wire, as well as much

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