Master the Dyneema Eye Splice with a Thimble

If the eye in your dyneema splice is going to have a lot of friction you can always add a thimble to help strengthen the eye.
There are two ways for you master the eye splice with a thimble depending if one end of your dyneema is fix or not. Both splices work equally as well with the first splice being the easier of the two to master.
Inserting a Thimble into the eye of your splice is not required but a neat option to avoid wear and tear on the rope part of the splice.
If you want to give this a go but don't have the tools of the trade to give it a go yourself you can pick up everything you need with the product links below.
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Splicing Fids
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Carbon Steel Shears 6-1/4 inch - Kevlar, Dyneema, Vectran, Spectra
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If you want to learn more splicing skills we have many more great video to help you learn to eye splice with various types of rope.
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Thanks for taking the time to watch this demonstration showing you how to create an eye splice in Dyneema Core with a Thimble for additional strength.
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[@boardbroker1]

Excellent tutorial.

[@BottomUPBoats]

Thanks for stopping by. Glad you found it useful 👍

[@ozosman3234]

Hi there, i am thinking of replacing part of the standing rigging on my 22 foot sailing boat from stainless steel to dyneema. I was thinking of the 2 lowers and backstay. My question is, would those eye splices be strong enough for the job, please. Best regards Oz from England.

[@BottomUPBoats]

If you get the right diameter of dyneema it will be more than strong enough. In many case the rope can have a higher breaking load than traditional wire. I have a j109 which is 36 foot long and I use dyneema for my back stay. The J1019 has a mast head kite so the loads can be high.
The only point to consider is that dyneema will stretch as the rope beds in. This is why many still choose metal rigging for the lowers.
You could always tighten the splice if it did stretch