Find your spot on the limb, at least three feet from the trunk, but not so far that it sags under your weight. Prepare your rope with an eye splice* to make a loop in one end. Toss the eye splice over ...

There are many rituals boaters perform in the spring to get ready for the coming season. One of them for me is to prepare my mooring setup, using eye splices. A number of years ago I was taught to ...

Professional riggers are consummate tinkerers: Put a length of rope in their hands, and they’ll immediately start thinking of ways to splice it, strip it, taper it, and ultimately avoid using any sort ...