Splicing Advice for 8 Strand Braid

[Renoir]

I bought a 600 ft reel of Yale 8-strand 5/8 Brait for anchoring in order to capatilize on the strength and energy-absorption stretch of the line. Not too much of a problem to use the Sampson website eye-splicing instructions yet I would like to see other approaches as well.

I bought the New England Ropes 12 strand nylon (black for greater UV resistance) to make up my dock lines because the 12 strand is so easy to splice and there are more splices to do with docklines than with one anchor rode. Now I don't really know if the 8 strand nylon configuration is truly better at energy absorption than the 12 strand....does anyone really know???

Rick