Joe wrote:

Thom Stewart wrote:
Yeah Joe,
Real sailors use three strand HEMP! Joe it's time to come into this
century.

Hemp is tried and true..but I use nylon for sheets, cept the 100% jib
sheet it's big high tech, and the halyards they are stainless. I'm not
racing and like a bit of forgiveness. Nylons cheap and a pleasure to
work with.


Nylon for sheets? You must be mistaken, Dacron maybe but surely not
stretchy nylon.

Cheers
Marty
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"Martin Baxter" wrote
| Nylon for sheets? You must be mistaken, Dacron maybe but surely not
| stretchy nylon.

Egyptian Cotton makes the best sheets. :-)

Cheers,
Ellen

Ellen MacArthur wrote:

"Martin Baxter" ? wrote
| Nylon for sheets? You must be mistaken, Dacron maybe but surely not
| stretchy nylon.

Egyptian Cotton makes the best sheets. :-)

Deepends somewhat on whether one wants to sleep or engage in some other
activity. ;-o

In Canada we like flannel about 9 months of the year, or deer pelts.

Cheers
Marty

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote:

Egyptian Cotton makes the best sheets. :-)

I wonder how you would know that information? What is the thread count of
your sheets? hehee

LP

"Lady Pilot" wrote
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote:

Egyptian Cotton makes the best sheets. :-)

I wonder how you would know that information? What is the thread count of your sheets? hehee

:-) A little birdie told me. I can't count the threads. I can't even see them.....

Cheers,
Ellen

Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

Hemp is tried and true..but I use nylon for sheets, cept the 100% jib
sheet it's big high tech, and the halyards they are stainless. I'm not
racing and like a bit of forgiveness. Nylons cheap and a pleasure to
work with.

Nylon for sheets? You must be mistaken, Dacron maybe but surely not
stretchy nylon.

Nylon sheets? Yee gad. Joe is as ignorant about sailing as he is about
politics.

Ok folks, let's take it from the beginning:

Sheets, halyards, control lines: Stretch BAD!

Docklines, towlines: Stretch GOOD!


Don't use stretchy nylon for sheets, and don't use low stretch
polyester/dacron for docklines. The high-tech ultra low stretch cordage
(e.g. technora, dynema, et al) is a bit better than polyester in some
situations, expensive unnecessary overkill in others.

//Walt

Walt wrote:
Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

Hemp is tried and true..but I use nylon for sheets, cept the 100% jib
sheet it's big high tech, and the halyards they are stainless. I'm not
racing and like a bit of forgiveness. Nylons cheap and a pleasure to
work with.

Nylon for sheets? You must be mistaken, Dacron maybe but surely not
stretchy nylon.

Nylon sheets? Yee gad. Joe is as ignorant about sailing as he is about
politics.

Ok folks, let's take it from the beginning:

Sheets, halyards, control lines: Stretch BAD!

Docklines, towlines: Stretch GOOD!

Just how far do you think a 4 fold 3/4" nylon is going to stretch ?

Ill tell you...maybe 2-4 " in a gust that would put the rail under.

I'm not sailing a little trailor sailor ya know. You wanna use spectra
and carbon feel free.
High dollar line will do no better than nylon, I do not even use a
winch to sheet in my main or mizzen. My 100%+ Jibs all have 1" dacron
sheets.

Joe






Don't use stretchy nylon for sheets, and don't use low stretch
polyester/dacron for docklines. The high-tech ultra low stretch cordage
(e.g. technora, dynema, et al) is a bit better than polyester in some
situations, expensive unnecessary overkill in others.

//Walt

Joe wrote:
Just how far do you think a 4 fold 3/4" nylon is going to stretch ?


Depends on the length & the load.


Ill tell you...maybe 2-4 " in a gust that would put the rail under.


Nylon is still a stupid rope to use for sheets. It's
stretchy, slick, less resistance to chafe, high tendency to
kink & hockle, difficult to handle. The only plus I can
think of is that it's cheap.


I'm not sailing a little trailor sailor ya know. You wanna use spectra
and carbon feel free.

Hey Joe, do you think these are little trailer sailers?

http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/images/s...lenghi-R02.jpg


High dollar line will do no better than nylon

Wrong.

In many cases, and for many people's choices, hi-tech rope
may not be enough better to be worth the extra cost.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .



Nylon is still a stupid rope to use for sheets.

Almost as stupid as welding sheets of steel together and
putting them in water?

SBV

Nylon is still a stupid rope to use for sheets.


Scotty wrote:
Almost as stupid as welding sheets of steel together and
putting them in water?


LOL... maybe so... depends on what else you happen to have
handy. Steel is better to use than some things.

DSK