Sam Warpspeed Cover Strip

STRIPPINGCOVER FROM WARPSPEED TM 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 continuesStep 1 Step 9 Mark a dot on the cover in the area where you want From the front of the lockstitch toward the end of the the core to be exposed exposed core measure 15 inches and put a mark on the core This will be Mark A on the coreStep 2 Step 10 Tie a knot with a loop about 5 feet back from the dot on the cover Insert a splicing fid with the cover into the core as close to the lockstitch as possible Continue pushingStep 3 the fid through the center of the core and extract the fid and cover at Mark A on the core Extract the core from the cover at the dot Step 11Step 4 Pull the cover out of the core until Mark 1 on the Slide the cover back toward the knot then milk the cover is exposed Unbraid the cover from the end cover from the knot to the core to balance the cover back to Mark 1 on the cover Anglecut strands from and the core Mark 1 to the end of the cover to perform a taperStep 5 Step 12 Lockstitch the cover to the core from the dot back for At the point of cover insertion into the core milk the about 3 complete passes core down toward the end of the cover This will cause the cover to disappear into the coreStep 6 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 coverStep 7 Step 13 From Mark 1 measure 6 inches and make another Whip the area where the cover is inserted into the mark This will be Mark 2 on the cover Mark 2 core to finish should now be about 12 inches from the lockstitchStep 8 Cut off the cover at Mark 2 and discard the rest of the cover material 2090 Thornton Street Ferndale WA 98248 T 800 2277673 360 3844669 F 800 2999246 360 3840572 2001 Samson Rope Technologies SC32601