David, Back in the day, when I was a Hood service rep, I brought all my line splicing work to one guy. He could do wire to rope, rope to chain, your rope "butt splice" and pretty much anything to anything else. He was an older fellow with an attitude. He tried to teach me on several occasions. I don't know whether it was his attitude towards the world or mine towards tedious work but I never learned any thing past a basic splice. I wish I'd paid closer attention, I still miss that old SOB.
Anyway, if you're bent on doing it yourself, most of the rope manufactures web sites have a section on splicing , otherwise you'll have to find a good rigger. Mark, Gratis (6115) NOLA From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Savlin Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 7:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] Single line with furling drum? On that note, does anyone have advice about learning how to join the ends of a loop furling line together? We have an old Hood furler that uses a loop but as was mentioned, when it's worn, the line doesn't always agree with the drum. David On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:24 PM, ChefYaz <[email protected]> wrote: Hood and I think one other had a single line furler some years back, There might be a reason why they are no longer on the market. As far as my experience, the Hood worked O.K., as long as the line was new but would slip if the line was worn the least little bit. Then the logistics and drag of running a line from the bow to the cockpit and back. A buddy and next slip neighbor has his furling line lead thru the coaming with the cleat in it's own "coaming box" and stores the "spaghetti" there I'm gonna make the same mods when I get around to my long planned but not yet started deck upgrade. Mark, Gratis (6115) NOLA From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RobAdkins Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 5:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Single line with furling drum? hi all, has anyone experimented with a single line (loop) in a drum style furler? i'm guessing that 3 or 4 wraps on the drum itself would be required to keep the line from slipping. i'm looking to rid my cockpit of spaghetti and thought this might be a worthwhile endeavor. thoughts? thanks -rob
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