Double Braid Splicing
Jenny Townsend & Phyllis McDonald
You’ve seen the diagrams. At what step did your eyes glaze over? This workshop will explain and decode, plus add tips and tricks to get you going on your own double braid splicing. Using small diameter line you will practice the techniques and create an eyesplice in double braid line. Using modern high tech material, variations of the single braid splice will be demonstrated.
Jenny has competed in skiing and sailing in weather from 90° and fog to -20° and snow. She has taught all ages to sail boats from Optis and Prams to 50-footers. Jenny has done buoy and offshore races since childhood. She and her family have cruised Lake Superior. She has raced her J/24 in hundreds of buoy races with family and female-only crew, and has competed in many handicap and one-design events. She was also the first 2nd generation/2nd female Commodore of Duluth Yacht Club.
Phyllis started sailing while in college. In the first two years, she made 9300 miles of passages. Trips down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, up and down the Atlantic coast, Key West to Newport, Rhode Island, and then traversing the Great Lakes. The logged miles and experience as crew and then as skipper earned her a USGC Captain’s license. Since the 1970s, Phyllis has always worked somewhere in the marine industry and has extensive experience in boat maintenance.
Skill level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Skill level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced