Halyards
I am getting ready to replace my old wire to rope halyards. I was going to
have some new ones made up. Starting to get a few meathooks around the whinch drum. I have been rubbing them off (with a nickel) and although there is still plenty of diameter they need to be replaced. Then I checked on some of that carbon fiber core line. How does that hold up in the elements. Mundo |
Mundo wrote:
I am getting ready to replace my old wire to rope halyards. I was going to have some new ones made up. Starting to get a few meathooks around the whinch drum. I have been rubbing them off (with a nickel) and although there is still plenty of diameter they need to be replaced. Then I checked on some of that carbon fiber core line. How does that hold up in the elements. I dunno about carbon fiber cored. You should certainly consider junking the wire-rope halyards. There is stuff out there that is stronger, lighter, and easier on your rig... and *definitely* on your hands. I'm down on wire-rope ever since I sawed a nice expensive genoa in half with one years ago. That wouldn't happen with all-rope. The best resistance to UV and chafe is polypro (Dacron) line but this isn't all that strong so they put in an inner core of something like pre-stretched Dacron, kevlar, etc etc. I'm relatively impressed with the price/performance of New England rope's Spec-Set which is a blend of Spectra (kevlar, I think) and Dacron; under normal sailing conditions it is good handling and stretches very little. It's not the cheapest stuff but it is by far not the most expensive either... http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...ingrigging.htm .... or ... http://tinyurl.co.uk/yutm A good place to call is these guys http://www.layline.com/products.asp?dept=459#cordage They'll do a wire-rope splice for you ($50), or if you want a tapered rope-rope (the way I've gone) they will either do it for you ($50) or send you the stuff (I do my own splices, it's fun and you can rely on it), or just plain rope. I haven't done any serious rope shopping in a while, but there's a break point between low-stretch low-creep lines suitable for halyards (where you don't want to constantly re-tension them all the time) and other running rigging. It may be more cost effective to go with 3/8" plain braided Dacron and not worry about little luff wrinkles. OTOH that stuff drives me crazy, I paid the extra 25 cents per foot for 5/16" no-stretch (dyneema, spectron, etc etc). Hope this helps. |
Take a look at a few of the blended core ropes.
If you need something better then Technora is cost effective. I just did Samson Ultra Tech for new halyards. Call the guys at Annapolis Performance Sailing. S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster" "Trains are a winter sport" |
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