Splicing high-tech double braid.

[mrgnstrn]

So I need to put a couple splices in Endura Braid, which has a Dyneema 12-strand core and a more-or-less standard polyester cover. The line is 3/8" diameter, overall.

I have Brion's "Riggers Apprentice", and see the instructions and all about measuring 24 rope diameters for the bury, etc.

So here is my question. For these high-modulus cores, do the instructions refer to the rope diameter of the whole thing, or just the high-modulus part?

So for a 3/8" line (overall diameter), do I need to bury 24 rope diameters of 3/8" (i.e., 9 inches), or 24 diameters of the core, which since it is about 1/4"....6-inches of bury?

-Keith