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