Edgar wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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All our lines are oversized...on purpose...

I am replacing my main halliard at this very moment because before I bought
the boat someone who should have known better used a 14mm rope and forced it
through a stopper at the cockpit which was clearly marked that it wa sized
for 10-12mm rope. Had to use the winch to hoist the sail last year because
of the drag through that stopper. New halliard will be 10mm Spectra. If your
lines come back to the cockpit forget about wire, which is only OK if you
have a rope tail on it and when the sail is up there are several turns of
wire onto a mast mounted winch. Also, when you are being hoisted up in the
bosun's chair on a wire halliard you have ample time to consider whether you
did that rope-to-wire splice properly... ( been there, done that, still
here...)


All our hardware fits the lines so we don't have that problem...we are
going to downsize the jib sheets when they come up for replacement
(soon)...they are jsut too fat...I have broken so many fingers and my
left hand was crushed when I was working with horses, so have lots of
arthritis...the larger lines help....