Thanks, I was pretty sure the strength would be okay (I could lift my boat with a couple of these lines), but I was worried about the security of the splice (or knice/splot as Brion says of the brummel). The locked brummel seems like a pretty secure construction - unlikely to creep loose on me.
One thing that I'm still curious about - does a ring hitch significantly weaken HM line the way, say, a bowline would?
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