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EYE SPLICES (MULTI-STRAND LOOPS)

carefull . This having been done, fOIm EYE 111 2.745 in the end of the

rope, 0 a size to fit around the stay. The whole length of the stay

has to be rove through the eye when the ship is being rigged.

2769. To put an eye in the single strand of a rope: Seize the

strand and cut out the heart yams below the seizing, leaving only

the surface yarns. Divide these into three equal parts, and stick each

of these parts, after the ends have been whipped, exactly as in

SPLICE 111 2. 7 2.6, under one third of the surface yarns of the standing

part. Use for a tool a wire loop, tuck full four to six times according

to the slackness of the strand. Whip the splice once or twice with

sail twine or serve over the whole splice.

2770. A MARLINE or TWO-STRAND EYE SPLICE (I). Stick the

strands as shown and then tuck, over and under, four or five times

as needed.

2771. A MARLINE EYE SPLICE (2.). Open into two long legs, half

knot at the bosom and make a MULTIPLE OVERHAND KNOT. Tighten

by pulling on the ends. Pass over two or three lays, sticking each end

through the same aperture, and then tuck both ends over and under

once.

2772. The MARLINE EYE SPLICE (3) or TUCKED EYE is much used

in the ends of seizings and service. If several turns of service are led

over the loose end of the eye it will make it secure and it is excep-

tionally neat. Tuck twice as shown. Leave the end rather long and

bury it under the turns. 2.170

2773. Somewhat the same method is employed in lashings of small

stuff, a CLOVE HITCH being made before the two tucks are put in.

The splices in most of these drawings are shown "opened" so

that the reader may easily discover the lead of the various strands.

But the actual splices must be made as snug as practicable.

The ends of strands are often drawn in the illustrations much

shorter than is required for the tying. This is so that the scale of the

drawings need not be reduced to make room for the extra length of

the ends. For an average EYE SPLICE the opened ends should not be

less in length than ten times the diameter of the rope.

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