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Posted by CAN 14835 on 1/20/2008, 7:43 am, in reply to "wire cable vs vectran (or spectra) for halyards"
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Go to the Fireball homepage and look in the Tech Articles. The previous discussions on the board were captured there. Look at "rigging - main"
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: I currently have cables running inside
: the mast for both the jib and main
: halyards. On both, the loop at the
: cable end doesn't have a thimble and
: the wire is sawing through the loop
: in the end of the rope part of the
: halyard where they join. I can
: replace just the rope and leave the
: cable inside the mast. Also
: considering replacing both with just
: all high tech line (spectra or
: vectran) for both systems - main and
: jib. (Or high tech line inside the
: mast spliced to something a bit
: easier on the hands for the part
: outside the mast.)
: The advantages I see to an all rope
: system is that it would eliminate
: the current problem occurring again,
: it's lighter, the cable is wearing
: the slot in the mast and rope
: wouldn't. The disadvantages would
: be the rope stretches more (but I
: have been told this is minimal) and
: the initial cost of replacing the
: whole system.
: Thoughts anyone? Thought I saw a
: discussion on this before but can't
: find anything now.
: Thanks,
: Debra
:
Mike McEvoy
CAN 14835
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