Boat work

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Splicing Double Braid

Creating an eye splice in double braid



Flemish Eye Splice (Reeving Eye)



Soft Shackles

Strong Dyneema soft shackle

How to tie a strong soft shackle in 6mm Dyneema


DIamond knot 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.