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Budget splicing tools
This article is about creating your own tools and templates to make eye splices in double braid polyester lines. More detailed explanations appear in the articles below.
Splicing Double Braid
Creating an eye splice in double braid polyester.
Flemish Eye Splice (Reeving Eye)
The reeving eye is used to make a loop at the end of a line. This loop is used to run a mousing line when you remove halyards etc at the end of the season.
Soft Shackles
Strong Dyneema soft shackle
How to tie a strong soft shackle in 6mm Dyneema
DIamond knot soft shackle
Alternative soft shackle
This version of the Dyneema soft shackle is easier to tie but is not as strong as that using the button knot.
Laying a screw anchor mooring
Laying a helical anchor mooring, with costs. Smaller file.
Mooring 24 (file above) edited to include photos, Warning, this version is a large file.