Thanks for this, Evans. It twigged my memory - I went into my shed and found a short offcut of rope (that I wasn’t sure I still had) that had a Flemish eye that I remembered. I recall that it definitely didn’t have a whipping on it (as in the vid I posted above)…however, having a look at it, I see that it does have a very small lock stitch (the two red stitches barely visible on the rope) holding the splice in place - which is enough, of course, since it doesn’t have to have any real strength. And, indeed, as you say, it doesn’t have to have a long bury, as the one in the vid does. Looking at it closely, I see that the offcut of line with Flemish eye that I have (from a pro rigger’s shop) has only a quite short bury.
Hmm, just FYI, it’s not a good look at all when you project like that, Magenta - makes for a disturbing visual. But, as you like - go ahead, and you do you.
They are a nice and useful way to finish the ends. I will say that there is a quicker and dirty method to get a loop in the ends for messengering - just take some 100lb dyneema fishing line (useful stuff to have around on the boat for small lashings) and sew it thru the end leaving a loop standing out and then tie the ends so they will not pull thru. I have done that on friends' boats where I was helping pull halyards and they did not have finished eyes. Works fine.
I gotta say, I like the splicing solution because it’s more elegant - it basically uses only the rope (and, indeed, you could pull out a yarn from the rope and use that to lock stitch the splice, not requiring any “outside” materials)— but mainly I like it because I have so little experience splicing, and this one is super easy.They are a nice and useful way to finish the ends. I will say that there is a quicker and dirty method to get a loop in the ends for messengering - just take some 100lb dyneema fishing line (useful stuff to have around on the boat for small lashings) and sew it thru the end leaving a loop standing out and then tie the ends so they will not pull thru. I have done that on friends' boats where I was helping pull halyards and they did not have finished eyes. Works fine.
Sorry for being ot, I will have to figure how to get hot girls integrated into my rope comments
I dunno…off topic is good…ropes, hot girls…getting into uncharted territory here
Yet another man bun. New at the game (They haven't embraced the obligatory bikini thumbnails yet). Looks like more of the same old same old. I can't be bothered; I have varnishing and other more important stuff to do.
Or body paint?
Cool sculpture. You could say she has finely chiselled features.
Geppetto upped his game.
Maybe the dragon ate it
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