Makes a secure join between two pieces of stranded rope.
Short Splice
Makes a secure join between two pieces of stranded rope.

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Short Splce: Ashley describes the Short Splice and its variants in detail (ABOK # 2634, p 427). Natural fibers hold well with three tucks each side. Modern synthetic materials, however, tend to be slippery and, now, a minimum of five complete “tucks” is recommended.
Pros and Cons: The Short Splice makes a secure join between two lengths of three-strand rope. This is entirely satisfactory for some purposes, e.g., making a longer tow rope or dinghy painter. However, the Short Splice is useless for any running rigging because the splice will be too fat to pass through any blocks.
Long Splice: The Short Splice is a contrast to the so-called Long Splice – which joined two three-strand ropes with no appreciable bulge and would pass through blocks. The Long Splice required a lengthy overlap in which strands were carefully unraveled and re-laid with a strand from the other rope. Then, the two strands in each pair were tapered and carefully wrapped round each other. In tarred hemp it was feasible – but produced at best a weak result. In nylon rope I have never attempted it – too slippery and too difficult to control.