Look again big boy. The rope is but a tail as the halyards are
wire/rope combinations. The wire commences only about a
foot above the cleat or winch. How much stretch does one
foot of rope have anyway. Bwahahahahahhaha!

My wire halyards stretch less than your high tech fiber crap!

S.Simon


"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message ...
The real riot here are the main and jib halyards. 3 strand rope! How do you
maintain luff tension Crappy? The last time I saw 3 strand rope used for any
running rigging was in the comedy Summer Vacation. I guess you can't use
double braid with Hong Kong Sails. They might explode.
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My wire halyards stretch less than your high tech fiber crap!

Well you must use different wire than the rest of the sailing population. High
tech line stretches less than wire these days bub. Read up. Plus who wants to
deal with wire anyway.
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Are you saying Young's modulus is higher?

Cheers MC

SAIL LOCO wrote:

My wire halyards stretch less than your high tech fiber crap!

Well you must use different wire than the rest of the sailing population. High
tech line stretches less than wire these days bub. Read up. Plus who wants to
deal with wire anyway.
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Well if there's *any* chafe...

Cheers MC

SAIL LOCO wrote:

My wire halyards stretch less than your high tech fiber crap!

Well you must use different wire than the rest of the sailing population. High
tech line stretches less than wire these days bub. Read up. Plus who wants to
deal with wire anyway.
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Trains are a winter sport

Loco,

You're absolutely correct. My next boat project is all rope halyards.
Wire takes permanent sets and are hard wear on wenches

OT

"hard wear on wenches"

looking forward to what Horvath makes of that one.

On 04 Oct 2003 00:33:51 GMT, (SkitchNYC) wrote this
crap:

"hard wear on wenches"

looking forward to what Horvath makes of that one.


All my wenches have hard wear on them. And very little underware.




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On 04 Oct 2003 00:33:51 GMT, (SkitchNYC) wrote this
crap:

"hard wear on wenches"

looking forward to what Horvath makes of that one.


All my wenches have hard wear on them. And very little underware.




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You're absolutely correct. My next boat project is all rope halyards.

Best bang for the buck is Ultra Tech by Samson. Technora core. Stay away from
Spectra for halyards. Kevlar is out and any of the other new fibers are still
high $$$.


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