Rope shrinkage from splicing

[Brion Toss]

Originally Posted by benz

All right. Well, the moon was waning gibbous when I did my splices, and it seemed to take eight to eight and 1/2 inches out of 7/16 Poly covered Vectran. If I can make that stay constant, I'll be OK for most of my project.
I hope to see some updates on the shrinkage chart one of these days.
Best,
Ben

Better check your numbers. I don't have our notes with me, but I'd be surprised if the shrinkage exceeded 3" per end.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss