Nice Splice

Engineering assistant Christopher Ross splices a “hardeye” (galvanized thimble) into 7/8-inch, 8-strand nylon line in the WHOI rigging shop. After positioning the hardeye, he spliced the rope back into itself–about an hour’s worth of work. Ross learned how to splice line from WHOI co-workers such as Rick Trask, Larry Costello, Steven Murphy, Mark Lambton, and Dara Tebo. The line he was working on is destined for use in a mooring in the Southern Ocean. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)