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stripping Cover double braid Class Ii Class II coredependent double braids are made in whole or part from any of the following high modulus fibers Dyneema Vectran Tech nora and Zylon Many high performance sailors like to strip the cover from the core to save weight aloft for halyard applications In simple terms you want to strip the cover from the core up to the area of the stoppers cleats and winches Leave the cover on the core wherever you have to cleat or winch the rope The following is a simple stepbystep method of stripping the cover and finishing the transition area where the cover ends and the core continues 1 Mark a dot on the cover in the area where you want the core to be exposed M a r k KNOT step Make slipknot 5 feet back from dotstep 2 Tie a knot with a loop about 5 feet back from the dot on the cover Extract Corestep 3 Extract core Extract the core from the cover at the dot Extracting the core Bend rope sharply at extraction point With the pusher or any sharp tool such as an ice pick awl or marlin spike spread the cover strands to expose core First pry then pull the core completely out of cover 4 S L I D E M I L K C OVER epst Slide the cover back toward the knot then milk the cover from the knot to the core to balance the cover and the core 5 LOCK stitch step Lock stitch the cover to the core from the dot back for about 3 complete passes 6 M EAS U RE M ARK C OVERstep From the point of the lock stich toward the end of the cover material measure 6 inches and mark This will be Mark 1 on the cover 7 6 inches From Mark 1 measure 6 inches and 6 inches step make another mark This will be Mark Mark 1 2 on the cover Mark 2 should now be 12 inches Mark 2 about 12 inches from the lock stitch Page 1 of 2 2090 Thornton Street T 3603844669 Ferndale WA USA 98248 F 3603840572 stripping Cover double braid Class Ii 8 step Cut off the cover at Mark 2 and discard Mark A the rest of the cover material es 15 inch 9 M ARK C ORE Cut off cover at Mark 2 step From the front of the lock stitch toward the end of the exposed core measure 15 inches and put a mark on the core This will be Mark A on the core Mark 110 cover into core Mark Astep Insert a splicing fid with the cover into the core as close to the lock stitch as possible Continue Core pushing the fid through the center of the core and extract the fid and cover at Mark A on the core Cover11 U N B RAI D C OVERstep Pull the cover out of the core until Mark 1 on the cover is exposed Unbraid the cover from the end back A to Mark 1 on the cover Anglecut strands from Mark 1 to the end of the cover to perform a taper Core12 At the point of cover insertion into the core milk the core down toward the MILK the core end of the cover This will cause the cover to disappear into the corestep A 13 W HIPPING step Whip the area where the cover is inserted into the core to finish Page 2 of 2 2090 Thornton Street T 3603844669 Ferndale WA USA 98248 F 3603840572


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