OK... about to try my first Ocean Polyester splice (8mm). I have heard that it is OK to follow Samson's Double Braid Class 1 instructions for this. One question: what is the minimum sling length for this splice? Samson's instruction book states that "the minimum eye and eye sling length with...
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Good picture on post 8 of that thread
Nick says-
If you look close, each OP strand is actually 2 skinnier strands running parallel side by side, never crossing eachother. It's a 2-carrier rope.
When marking my tapers, I only pull 1 of the carriers of each strand, going in each direction. The end result is that I still am pulling and removing 50% of the cover strands in making my taper, but I'm leaving behind enough of the strands going in each direction that I don't have to worry about the weave coming apart.