So how would you splice spectra to larger single braid or a double braid and do it "right"? Maybe this should be answered in a new thread.

ak

Was that a pun?

Natural as it may seem considering they are leading the event and their the "hometown" team, but don't the press releases seem to put B&A on a pedestal. Not like they don't deserve it, but it seems like every paragraph I read has their names in it :P

Bad Jake....!!!!

What kind of double braid are you talking about splicing it to? I wouldn't use anything cheap like sta-set, and all the good stuff already has a high-tech core (spectra, dyneema, etc). I find it tough to correctly "tell" someone how to splice a rope (at least well), showing is really the only way as far as I'm concerned...

Why would you splice vs. strip the cover off the last 10 feet or so? Seems you are asking for trouble with a splice, as we just saw.

Whoaaaaa....I never said I had one of my tapers fail. I've seen them fail and I've had a cover on a tapered main sheet wear through and separate where it is cleated (only moments after noticing it was just starting to fray and remarking "we probably need to change that out tonight"). I'm not going to tell you who made that sheet...but you know who you are. Truth be told though, I did get it at a pretty low price - in exchange for buying a dinner. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Guess who had to sheet the "core" for the rest of the day at the North American's?.....

Guess who's STILL complaining about it! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />