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78 SPLICING
LONG SPLICE

02 LONG SPLICE

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A Long Splice hardly increases a rope’s diameter but is a little less strong
than a Short Splice. It can be formed in many different ways, but this is a
widely used method. Each line is unlaid for some distance (about ten turns)
and the strands married. One strand each side is unlaid a further distance
(about six turns) and its opposite number laid up in its place. Thus the line
should always look like a complete piece of laid rope. Each of the three pairs
of strands spread along the rope is now knotted to its neighbour with an
overhand knot before being thinned with a sharp knife and tucked (over and
under) against the lay of the rope. Again, rolling underfoot will help to settle
the splice.

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