I'm working on replacing all of the running rigging on the boat over the next year or so. I've already replaced the main halyard, and main sheet. Today I finished up splicing the lines for the traveler controls. I'm expecting the new line for my spinnaker halyard in the mail tomorrow, and I have the line for my new vang.
I decided to get myself a set of good splicing fids as a "gift to me" for X-mas, and I spent some time teaching myself to use them. Everyone I ever chat with about it says, "You know how to splice double-braid?" Yep, it's just really not that hard once you get the hang of it. I don't claim to be some rigging genius or anything, but putting an eye splice in double braid just isn't that hard. Download the directions from the rope manufacturer's website and get yourself a few scrap pieces of NEW line and go nuts! I saved myself about $75 this evening working on my lines. Add that to the money you can save buying end of reel pieces of line, and you're talking about saving about 60-70% of the cost of new running rigging. Seems like a worthwhile skill to learn, if you ask me... It's also a great project to work on when it's too damn cold to be working out in the cock-pit!
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