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ODD SPLICES

2820. To repair a stranded rope (I). Remove the chafed or galled

strand. Lay in a new strand of the same size but longer. Half knot

opposite ends where they meet and tuck once one half and once one

quaner, or else back and taper.

2821. To repair a stranded rope (2). If the chafed section is long,

the splice to follow may be found more practical. Remove the chafed 2820

section of strand. Divide the two-strand section that is left into

three equal pans and mark with chalk. Cut through one of the two

strands at one mark and the other strand at the remaining mark.

Telescope the two rope ends until the three pairs of strands overlap.

Lay the strands of the two ropes into each other as in any LONG

SPLICE. Half knot all ends, see that the rope is fair, then tuck all ends

once full, once one half and once one quarter. If a four-strand rope

is to be mended, care must be taken that the joints of the cut strands

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rotate around the rope in regular progression.

2822. To repair a strcmded rope (3). If the galled section is short,

remove it and, with a chalk, mark off on the rope at either side of

the two-strand section a length equal to or greater than the removed

part. Carefully cut one of the two remaining strands at each of these

marks and be certain not to cut the same strcmd twice. Lay the ends

together and splice as directed for the last splice. The outer ends

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enough for splicing.

2823. To shorten {Trope in the center. This splice is often required

by sailmakers when clltting down the size of a sail. Mark the rope

in three evenly spaced places a foot or more apart and cu~ one strand

at each mark. Then the rope is laid up again at the correct length

and the splice is made exactly as directed for jlh821. In the present

splice, however, the original strands are rejoined.

2824. The ONE-STRAND SPLICE, often called SAILMAKER'S ONE-

STRAND SPLICE. The purpose of this is to lengthen a rope; it is often 2822

required by sailmakers when the width of a sail is to be increased by

the addition of one or several cloths. Cut the rope strands at three

evenly separated points. The distance between two adjoining points

must equal the required extra width of the sail plus an amount suffi-

cient to tuck the two strands. A single long strand of the same size

material is laid in for the full length, beginning at the extreme left

and . sufficient material for tucking. Splice as already di-

rected for 2821. It will be noted that there are four joints in this

THREE-STRAND SPLICE while there are only three joints in the others.

These splices are required in boltrope. For all other purposes ropes

~re added to, or shortened, at the ends. Similar splices, of course, 2823

could be put into four-strand or six-strand rope. But the sailmaker

uses only three-strand rope, so ordinarily the occasion does not arise.

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