Amsteel to StaySet halyard test

[allene]

I spliced 1/8 inch Amsteel to 1/4 inch StaSet. This is a scale model of 3/16 Amsteel and 3/8 Double Braid. A few tricks were required to make it work but it worked really well. I tested it by tightening it between two winches about 4 feet apart. I cranked on my 46 power winch pretty hard and could twang a note higher than an open G guitar note as compared to a guitar tuner. The StaSet was about 10% thinner than it started out when under tension. No sign of any movement on the splice. I am guessing I was close to breaking strength on the StaSet. I can write it up if anyone is interested. I have not actually done it with the 3/16 & 3/8 lines but I would think it would be easier than splicing into 1/8 Amsteel.