HI ME HARTIES SPLICE THE MAIN SAIL OR MAKING SOME ROPE WORK ,FIRST A FENDER NO I HAVE NOT COMMITED ANY OTHER CRIME!!CUT ROPE TO SIZE THIS TURNED OUT TO BE TO SMALL BUT AS A FIRST ATTEMPT KEPT NOTE OF SIZE, SO ONWARDS AND UP WARDS.
START AT THE BOTTOM, 8 STRANDS USE EVERY OTHER 4 AND CROWN[ WILL POST SOME HELPFULL SITES ON A LINK] THEN CORWN OVER 2 .
USING 2 BENT OVER STRANDS MAKING ALOOP AT THE TOP,FOUR DROP DOWN FROM HALF WAY MAKING A TOTAL OF 8 HANGING DOWN,THEN ADD 4 PIECES FROM MID WAY TO THE BOTTOM BUT NOT HANGING DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE THE LAST OF THE 4 MIDDLE ONES COVERED IN TAPE
NEARLY THERE AT THE TOP CROWN DOWN THE LAST ROW THEN FOLD UP TOWARDS THE LOOPS,THEN THERE ARE TUCKED DOWN AND OUT THROUGH AND CUT OFF NEATLY.