How To Splice Rope Around A Thimble | BoatUS

BoatUS Magazine associate editor Mark Corke teaches you step-by-step how to splice rope around a thimble. The thimble splice is handy for connecting a 3 strand rope to anchor chain on your boat. Mark breaks down the process into a simple format that uses 3 strand nylon line, electrical tape, waxed whipping twine, scissors, and a marlin spike or fid (if needed). He walks you through the process of adding whipping twine, preparing the end, and weaving the ends of the rope through the line to secure it. Once you know how to add an eye splice with thimble, you'll also be able to do other splices using three-strand line.
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[@theben24ben]

Thanks a lot for this! Needed a refresher, this was perfect

[@millieatr]

Thank you Sir ,, my dad was a lineman for 40 years with bell telephone and he showed me that years ago but i never really learned how to do it . Im getting ready to set up an anchor line and i appreciate the video

[@harbourdogNL]

Very tidy. Clean ropework is always a pleasure to look at!

[@johnbradley6361]

When finishing the thimble splice or any splice in 3-strand line, lay it on the deck and roll it under some pressure with your shoe. That tightens the splice right up, and makes it look perfect.

[@philipanninos4864]

Thanks for sharing

[@user-nk6bu5js7p]

Very good.

[@zafmahmood5654]

Thanks for showing how its done.

[@jimmayors2315]

After the first tuck, I lost track of what line you were grabbing when you skipped forward, and same with the third. Made it difficult to follow which working strands you were using.

[@turbobarrels]

Briliant, thank you!!

[@annecarson8942]

Very nice!

[@frankgraham3490]

You have nearly got the splice right,just a few more things you need to understand to make the splice complete, like marriage tuck, & helixes same as tension in live rope, also tail ends of spliced ends need different terminations, thanks for the tutorial, and enjoy.

[@sunnysouth4265]

Nice one I like that😍

[@robertl.6180]

Thank you!

[@davidfishferrell]

You made it look easy! Some times mine comes out right but most it doesn’t 😂 that’s because I don’t know what I’m doing

[@sasascepanovic172]

Thanks a lot

[@romekin]

nice, but with the video cut, and when you do the second one, I can't see what you are doing, look like the rope has rotated 90deg, I am to confuse to continue :p

[@gerrys6265]

So why do we measure down 5 lengths of the thimble and then cut half of that length off at the end?

[@ruffnut743]

if you put shrink wrap on the finished end it will be a lot neater and look a lot better

[@dysfunctional_vet]

well done

[@edwardfinn4141]

What happened to the 2nd , 3rd and 4th tuck??