The Splicing Handbook, Third Edition

Barbara Merry is a marine rope worker with twenty years of expierence in the splicing trade. Dounder and owner of the MArlinspike Artist in Wakefield, Rhode Island, she has worked on projects for boats of all sizes, from small traditional sialing craft and working schooners to commercial fishing vessels and U.S. Coast Guard cutters. She has taught at the WooderBoat School and the Northeast Maritime Institute, and has written on rope and rope technology for WoodenBoat and Invention and Technology.

AcknowledgmentsPreface to the Third EditionPart One: Splicing and Seizing Modern RopesChapter 1. Introduction to Splicing; Chapter 2. Three-Strand Twisted Rope; Chapter 3. Three-Strand Splicing Projects; Chapter 4. Double-Braid Rope; Chapter 5. Solid-Braid Splice; Chapter 6. Braid with Three-Strand Core; Chapter 7. Braid with Parallel Core; Chapter 8. Hollow Braid; Chapter 9. Copolymer End-to-End Splice; Chapter 10. Eight-Plait Rope; Chapter 11. Eight-Plait Rope-to-Chain Splice; Chapter 12. Twelve-Plait Rope; Chapter 13. Whipping and Seizing; Chapter 14. Sew-and-Serve Splice; Part Two: Splicing Wire Rope Chapter 15. Introduction to Wire Rope; Chapter 16. Liverpool Wire Splice;Chapter 17. Tug Boat Splice;Chapter 18. Lap Splice;Chapter 19. Mill Valley Splice;Part Three: Ropework Projects Chapter 20. Traditional Rope Fenders;Chapter 21. Dressing Up a Vinyl Fender;Chapter 22. Bow Puddings;Chapter 23. Baggywrinkle;Chapter 24. A Cargo Net;Chapter 25. Lizards;Chapter 26. Making Your Own Rope;Chapter 27. Quick and Easy Knots; Glossary Index