The Splicing Handbook :Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition
The Splicing Handbook :Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes, Second Edition
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Published:
16 February, 2000
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The only book devoted completely to slicing today's ropes, this fully illustrated, step-by-step guide has been expanded and enhanced in this new edition and now covers wire splices, and splices in Spectra and Kevlar ropes as well as Dacron braid and traditional three-strand. The Splicing Handbook includes every splice project a boater will ever need.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780071354387 |
| ISBN10 | 0071354387 |
| Number Of Pages | 160 |
| Item Weight | 186 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 213 x 10 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | McGraw-Hill Education - Europe |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd Revised edition |
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Author's Bio
Barbara Merry is a marine rope worker with twenty years of expierence in the splicing trade. Dounder and owner of the MArlinspike Artist in Wakefield, Rhode Island, she has worked on projects for boats of all sizes, from small traditional sialing craft and working schooners to commercial fishing vessels and U.S. Coast Guard cutters. She has taught at the WooderBoat School and the Northeast Maritime Institute, and has written on rope and rope technology for WoodenBoat and Invention and Technology. John Darwin is a rope design and engineering consultant for New England Ropes, Inc.