Continuous loop

[Jim Walsh]

I've been looking for an easy way to make a continuous loop and found this on YouTube. The technique is presented well and is easy to execute. Figured some of my CDSOA friends might find this as valuable as I do.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcoKeXAwBZY

[Steve Laume]

Thank you, Jim. Of all the things I have watched and learned from Youtube, it never occurred to me to look up Amsteel splicing.

I love that stuff and have been fairly successful in making eye splices with some struggle. Not so much with continuous loops. I have always used a very small fid and pushed it through, then tried to pull the tail behind it. It seems like my biggest error was in not tapering the end of the tail. This makes perfect sense. You can look for more high tech splices on Raven since they will now be much easier for me to accomplish.

I have used Amsteel for dinghy main sheet bridles, Raven's fixed topping lift, and the continuous loop for the Monitor control line. That last one is going to be redone now that I know how to do it properly. I might also toss out the webbing loops I use to attach snatch blocks as well. This is a great new skill and certainly looks like much more fun than trying to splice double braid, Steve.

[Jim Walsh]

I'm glad you appreciate it as much as I did the moment I watched it. What could be more simple? That Monitor control line was my impetus for searching the web. When I made up my Amsteel topping lift a few years ago there were still reports of the splices failing because spectra is so slippery. I increased the length of the buried tail by 50% and stitched it in place as was recommended at the time. I've never had an issue with my eye splices.

[John #126]

Here's a more robust method to construct Amsteel loops from Allen Edwards' l-36.com website. Partly based on Brion Toss's method but simpler. I think the result will be stronger, and it is not too difficult if you use a piece of wire to pull the tails before the final bury. It comes with a handy calculator.
[url][/http://l-36.com/loop.phpurl]

John

[Jim Walsh]

Here's a more robust method to construct Amsteel loops from Allen Edwards' l-36.com website. Partly based on Brion Toss's method but simpler. I think the result will be stronger, and it is not too difficult if you use a piece of wire to pull the tails before the final bury. It comes with a handy calculator.
[url][/http://l-36.com/loop.phpurl]

John

Define "robust method".