Now untwist the other two strands.
3 strand rope to chain splice instructions.
Remember the splice will need to make a 180 degree turn on some windlasses.
Pick one strand it doesn t matter which and unwind it making eight revolutions around the other two.
Tuck strand 1 under the nearest marked spot figure 3 above.
Then tuck strand 2 under the marked spot behind strand 1 figure 4 below.
The key to this splice for rope to chain windlasses is to keep it loose.
Mea sure off a foot of rope and.
Take strand 2 and pass it through one side of the chain link while passing strands 1 and 3 through the link from the opposite side staying on the outside of strand 2 figure 3 below.
Samson recommends splicing as the preferred rope termination method.
Boating magazine s jim hendricks walks you through creating the rope to chain splice that allows an electric windlass to feed the rope and chain in and out o.
Technically it is a miniature flemish eye abok 2751 p 449 completed with additional tucks.
Splice terminations are used in all our ropes to determine new and unused tensile strengths.
Don t snug it up on the chain too tightly.
It contains general splicing tips and various splicing categories like single braid double braid core to core 3 strand rope etc.
Knots can significantly decrease a ropes strength while in most cases splicing maintains 100 of the specified rope strength.
Turn the entire piece over.
Untape the rope and tightly tape the ends of the three individual strands.
It is particularly useful when rope followed by chain passes over a windlass and descends into a chain locker.
Three strand synthetic rope is cheap to buy durable stretchy and most importantly in this context probably the easiest rope of all to splice.
When this splice is under load the rope s twist tightens to lock the backed strands.
Line up the rope to the end of the chain link.
The chain splice is a modification of the eye splice described by ashley abok 2725 p 445.
Find here our new england ropes splicing guide.
Tape the rope tightly just below where this loose strand joins the others.
For photography only five sets of tucks were completed.
Note the mark around the standing part of the rope your individual strands will tuck under these marks.
