This short video tutorial explains what coating is and which method is best to coat your ropes yourself. A really simple and fun technique to colour your Dyneema® ropes, while protecting them from UVs, chafing, and salt.
Lashing : tutorial With a lashing, you can do anything: replace block shackles, Jackline turnbuckles or even standing rigging ones. This practical tutorial with videos, teaches you the basics of lashing and provides several methods to accomplish them, with plenty of tips to help you ! Lashing : The basics A lashing with a Dyneema®…
L’aiguille à épisser à long chas | Tuto matelotage Aiguille à épisser à long chas, mode d’emploi L’aiguille à épisser à long chas n’est pas une curiosité réservée aux mateloteurs confirmés mais un outil très pratique et à la portée de tous. Simple tige métallique pliée en deux et équipée d’une poignée, l’aiguille à long chas permet de réaliser…
The ultra-easy textile shackle without splice – the Ino-Rope style shackle It is commonly called “textile shackle”. The latter is now an essential component of modern splicing. Because they are light and robust, textile shackles have consequently surpassed their stainless steel cousin for the connection of blocks, sheets and other halyards. Therefore, numerous versions are…
Rope work : the double-braid Polyester splice The double-braided eye splice, made on a rope with a polyester core, is a must for the regular rigging of pleasure boats, to be used without moderation for halyard, sheet and tackle terminations. This video tutorial goes through all the steps to splice the core inside the sheath…
Rope work tutorial : The locked splice Locked splice, that you may know as “New Zealand” splice is a very common technique. Splicers of all sorts of fibres appreciate its ease and fast realisation. But be careful: For to be solid, the locked splice must not be rushed. Cross overs, spliced length, choice of Dyneema®…
The messenger line termination | Roperwork tutorial Mastering ropework enables you to make full use of the rope during navigation, but also ashore during wintering operations. The messenger line termination was specifically conceived for this purpose or to simplify the installation of a new rope on board. It consists in making a loop at the…
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