OK. Nothing to do with Stage 1's but for those of us with synthetic rope on our winches I found this little treasure trove.
http://www.samsonrope.com/splicing-instructions.cfm
Splicing synthetics
Splicing synthetics
Alan
1983 ex-army FFR 109 Stage 1
2005 Disco 2 HSE TD5
1983 ex-army FFR 109 Stage 1
2005 Disco 2 HSE TD5