Line splicing

Can Maffoili Swift cord be spliced?

Yes it can. But it is not easy to make it nice and smooth. A good rigger can manage it. Personally - I am not that good!

Cheers,
Karl

depends on what splice you want.

Eye splice, no problem

Taper splice to a 12-strand, more difficult, but achievable

What are you looking for?

Can anyone recommend a good reference on splicing? I want to re-rig the front of the boat this year, and there's a fair bit of splicing in this picture. I'm interested not only in typical line slicing but I'd like to making a few line shackles, too, for winter projects.

These guys have a pretty good list of various splices

http://l-36.com/splice.php

Bought 2 pieces and was thinking about a end to end splice.

I am a big fan of the Brian/Bryan Toss rigging video's. They also sell a really cool tool that I think is awesome for those of us that are not super savy with splicing tools.

See this utube video to make a soft shackle.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jH66tGsWv_Y

End for end with SwiftCord is possible but the line will be MUCH larger where the splice is, and will have a hard time fitting through even large blocks.

A good enough rigger could reweave it.

Just kidding. Ian is a good rigger. I have even ordered things from him.

Even if one re-weaves it it will still be too large to fit through most blocks.

Nevermind that invite for Pac Cup Karl!