"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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Not to meet people - but to redo the running rigging on our boat.

Unfortunately, and I apologize for replowing ground seen already, I've
misplaced or lost the file I started when people were kind enough to
refer me to various sources for running rigging, shortly after our
wreck..

The storm pretty well flayed all our running rigging, and I'm looking
to replace it all. We're going sailing (back in the water, all
systems go, but still a pretty long to-do list before leaving
permanently) tomorrow with what we have - but, as above.

Chiefly 9/16 and 7/16 lines, except for the furler and topping lift,
I'm thinking along the lines of stay-set or stay-setX, endura or the
like. We're just cruisers, so "state of the art" isn't critical, but
I'd like something which doesn't stretch much, and has good abrasion
and UV resistance.

I've got a Port Supply account, but their prices aren't any better,
usually, than can be found with a bit of looking. If you were re-
rigging your boat, who'd you use (or suggest based on observation of
someone else getting good service and pricing)?

Secondly, we're going to replace our jack line. We're of confused
mind, as we've got a vinyl coated line similar to a stanchion-based
lifeline currently. It's held up for many years - but like stanchion
lifelines, you can't see if it's rusting - and the coating has cracked
in some places, showing rust, so that's the presumption.

Leaving it on deck without a cover, a stainless wire would rust for
sure, staining the deck. OTOH, leaving a webbing jackline there risks
UV degradation. As we don't expect to sit in any one place very long,
bringing it in when we throw out the hook, and resetting it usually
won't work - so we expect it will be a permanent fixture on deck.

I've heard of some of the newer exotic running rigging lines being
used for jack lines - and even standing rigging (that's not an
interest point for us, just a data point WRT strength).. If there's
no stretch (long deck = lots of stretch potential), and they're
designed for long exposure, perhaps that's a better way to go.

Who's done any of the three, and why did you choose that?

Thanks.

L8R

Skip

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Sta-SetX is pretty much the standard for running rigging on cruising boats,
in my opinion. Can't go wrong with it and it's reasonably priced. I use it
for my halyards, and used to use it for all running rigging. Lately I've
been doing some experimenting, though. For sheets, I prefer the better grip
that I get with 3-strand, 3/8" minimum for comfort. My reefing lines are all
in some super-high-tech spectra of one type or another that I got for a
great price last year. No stretch, set 'em and forget 'em. I could save a
bit of weight and windage aloft by changing my halyards to the spectra in a
smaller size, and I might do that when they need replacing. The line has a
dacron (I think) cover to protect against UV damage.

My jacklines are flat webbing made for that purpose. I'm changing my
lifelines to a spectra-type line which can be cut with a sharp knife if I
have to do that, with a cover to protect the line.