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TOOLS & MATERIALS
21 feet (6.4 m) of ½-inch (12 mm)
manila rope (29 feet/8.8 m
of ¾-inch [19 mm] manila rope)
18 feet (5.5 m) of small stuff, such as
no. 21 tarred nylon (21 feet/6.4 m)
Sharp knife
Vinyl tape
Swedish fid Small Swedish fid (a hollow fid of
U-shaped section that allows easy
“tucking” while splicing)
Marking pen
If you’d like to make a white rope fender, I recommend using Wall’s Poly Plus
rope in the sizes specified above. Making a rope fender is also a good
opportunity to recycle old rope.
Middle a 14-foot/4.3 m (20-foot/6 m) length of ½-inch/12 mm (¾-inch/19
mm) rope. Form an eye by wrapping tape around the doubled rope at 2½
