Barbara Merry is a marine rope worker with twenty years of expierence in the splicing trade. Dounder and owner of the MArlinspike Artist in Wakefield, Rhode Island, she has worked on projects for boats of all sizes, from small traditional sialing craft and working schooners to commercial fishing vessels and U.S. Coast Guard cutters. She has taught at the WooderBoat School and the Northeast Maritime Institute, and has written on rope and rope technology for WoodenBoat and Invention and Technology. John Darwin is a rope design and engineering consultant for New England Ropes, Inc.

• Acknowledgments1. Introduction to SplicingRope ConstructionSynthetic Rope MaterialsSummary of Rope CharacteristicsSmall StuffRope CareSplicing Tools2. Three-Strand Twisted RopeEye SpliceDecorative Eye SpliceRing SpliceShort SpliceEnd Splice3. Three-Strand Splicing ProjectsKey LanyardDog Collar and LeashRope Railings with Double Wall and Crown KnotCliff's Sailing Harness4. Double-Braid RopeEye SpliceEnd-to-End SpliceEnd SpliceRope-to-Wire SpliceJig for the Rope-to-Wire SpliceCore-to-Core Eye SpliceReduced Volume End-to-End Splice5. Solid-Braid Splice6. Braid with Three-Strand CoreEye SpliceRope-to-Wire Splice7. Braid with Parallel CoreEye Splice8. Hollow BraidEye SpliceLocked Eye SpliceEnd-to-End Splice9. Copolymer End-to-End Splice10. Eight-Plait RopeEye SpliceEnd-to-End SpliceTemporary Eye Splice11. Eight-Plait Rope-to-Chain SpliceRope-to-Chain Splice12. Twelve-Plait RopeEye SpliceEnd-to-End Splice13. Whipping and SeizingTraditional WhippingSailmaker's WhippingSeizingChafe Protection14. Sew-and-Serve Eye Splice15. Quick and Easy Knots16. Liverpool Wire Splice17. Making Your Own RopeGlossaryIndex