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Traditional chain splice
KNOT SCORE
Rather than carry a great weight of chain in the bows of the boat, many Strength
sailors extend the scope of their anchor chain with rope. The trouble with Security
this is that a conventional eye splice (with or without a thimble) will Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying

usually be too bulky to fit on the anchor winch. The solution is to use a
Usefulness
long splice, which hardly bulks out the line at all.

1 Seize the line and tease the 2 Pass the middle and right-hand 3 Pass the right-hand strand back
strands apart, allowing about 40 strands through the chain. under itself and over the middle
times the diameter of each line for strand.
the splice. In this case, 40 x 10mm
3
( ⁄8in) = 400mm (15in).

5 Gradually unlay the left-hand 6 Shortly before the middle strand 7 Tuck the ends under at least three
strand, putting the middle strand in runs out, cross it over the left-hand strands, and pull them tight to hide
its place. Make sure you fit the twist strand. the join.

already present in the middle strand
to the twist of the line.

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