Splicing Class

One of the things we like about sailing is that you are constantly challenged, constantly learning. In the past few years we have pushed ourselves further to learn more and expand our sailing skills. Kansas City Sailing in Lawrence KS offered for the first time a "Splicing class" last Saturday and we took it.























We learned about Rope - yes it's rope until is has a duty or role and then it becomes line. What various rope is made of, the various properties of different rope, how it's made and the applications. Then we started hands on splicing. Some was fairly easy. Some splicing is nothing short of a total mind bending exercise. Yeah, yeah...just like many other new things, practices makes perfect. I guess I know what we will be doing on Thanksgiving day in between feasting sessions.