Splices are measured when the eye Is closed and laying flat. Our splice will have 5 tucks. This is an important number to note since it is the minimum number of tucks that should be given synthetic fiber ropes.
Manila usually needs only three or four tucks.
Since synthetic fibers are more slippery, a minimum of five tucks should be used. A minimum of three Is sufficient where such items as belt lanyards etc. are being spliced, and the most number of tucks needed would be seven on splices used in mooring pennants and the like where constant stress is being put on the rope over long periods of time. Hold the rope as shown in fig. Since we mentioned before that nylon rope and other synthetics will want to unlay as soon as they are cut, the following procedure will help reduce this and allow us to make our splice with the least difficulty. Unlay the strands of rope so that the end of each can be taped.