Brian on Harnser <[email protected]> wrote: >Adrian Stott wrote : >> >> If you don't back splice the end of your rope, how do you prevent it >> from unravelling? Whipping is less durable in my experience.
>The ones on our boat are all whipped and I haven't had a problem yet. >The first place I came across back splicing to any great extent was on >canal boats. I take it your mooring ropes are a fair diameter with a >large eye at one end to go over the lock/quay side bollards, maybe 20 >or 25mm dia, do you back splice them? I do indeed. > if so they would be thick enough to catch in lots of places. In my experience, there are plenty of places at a lock that a rope can get caught in, irrespective of its diameter. That's just one of the long list of things one has to watch out for. Adrian . Adrian Stott 07956-299966
