Abstract: To avoid possible damage to an associated hoist and sheaves, a cable termination is provided which has the capability of permitting a cable to be separated cleanly from a firmly anchored connector at the hoist when the cable is subjected to a limited force. To insure that resistance of the cable to being separated from the connector is limited, the individual conductors are trimmed to varying lengths before being soldered or fastened to the connector. The wires and connections are then potted with a first potting material which has limited shear strength, and this assembly then has a jacket of high strength insulating material molded to its outside covering part of the connector, the first potting material, and a portion of the cable jacket, thereby forming a good watertight seal at the connector and around the cable.