Shorter Bury
For something like lifelines, especially with such thick line, you need not take the bury to 72 diameters. A neat trick is to taper shorter than the 72 diameter splice allows, then have the tapers overlap one another a little in the middle of the standing leg. I have tried making this sort of thing with no taper at all so that the line ends butt against each other inside the piece, but unless you can put a serious load on before you trim the ends of the buried lines, it's very hard to get just right.
However,for your purposes, a brummel and short bury should be just fine. I always like to put a whipping on even a brummelled splice.
Ben
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