Katy, you should know better than to side with the NG dunce.
How does sewing and/or taping add any significant width
(dia.) ?

Scotty


"katy" wrote in message
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Actually, as much as CM is a royal dunce, the messenfer
line is better
in some respects becasue then you're not passing an
increased width of
line through the roller at the top. On some boats, any
increase in
width will cause a jam up there and then you'll end up
going up the mast
anyway...also, if you have internal halyards like ours,
the whole
operation goes smotther using a messenger line..we just
use that cheap
stuff from WallyWorld...more cord than line, but it's
strong enough not
to break under tension and slides over things ...