Serving SS Splices

[benjiwoodboat]

Thanks Brion,

I spliced 1/4, 9/32, 5/16 and 3/8 on my BCC. Much thanks to Myles Thurlow on Martha's Vineyard for showing me how and letting me use his shop/tools. There good over there on the Vineyard at keeping tradition alive.

So you dont think serving causes too much of a corrosion issue, with parcelling and tarred twine? Or plain SS wire? I was thinking of doing Stainless wire aloft w/o parcelling, but well lubed parcelling and tarred twine at deck level.

Thanks,
Ben

[Brion Toss]

Hi again,
I didn't mention before that a smoothly-trimmed, unserved splice is fine, too.That's how the Pardey's do it, for instance. Service might help keep the tucks in place under extreme loads, but then again, it might just look nice. So as long as you trimn flush, breaking the yarns off instead of cutting them, you could skip the service altogether.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss