Hi Bob,
The new wire/rope halyards are Yacht braid for the rope part, a
balanced polyester construction, not anything "new".
There is no stretch issue with Yacht braid for the 5 feet or so of
rope between the end of wire and the clutch.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 05:25 PM 21/07/2013, you wrote:
I'm curious what the non-wire rope is and whether there were any
difficulties splicing wire with a "newer-type" rope.
Bob M
Ox 33-1
Jax, FL
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Russ & Melody
<<mailto:russ...@telus.net>russ...@telus.net> wrote:
Hi Ron,
"Gracie", a IOR vintage custom 45, has gone back to wire & rope for
jib halyards after too many cover failures from slipping in the
Spinlock clutches.
So if you go the high strength fibre route you might need to factor
in the cost of better clutches, such as Lewmar.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet, 35 mk-1
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