See the attached Practical Sailor article to make a value based decision on the type of line you use. I have gone to all rope halyards in 3/8" size. I love Yale Crystaline. It is awesome to work with, super strong, ultra low stretch, light weight, extremely weather resistant, and it even floats. The only negative I have to report is that it is very slippery. I need a full drum of wraps and a hand to tail it with on my self-tailing winches. It also takes some care when transitioning the load from the winch to the clutches. Truth be told I think there is a spring broken or lose in the clutch.
I've also used Sampson Warpspeed with a great deal of satisfaction. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pEh5lnvP1ySGpOTUdGRW9xdzQ While your changing the halyards consider the following piece of advice which I found somewhere on the internet. "I was taught (by an English race crew) that Mainsail controls are always green, jib sails blue and spinnakers red. Halyards are solid colors and sheets, outhauls etc. flecked or with tracers. (By following this convention, crews are able to move from boat-to-boat without having to be re-educated.)" Also when considering how to terminate your halyards a core to core eye splice will seem sexy and appealing but the resulting thickness and stiffness of the taper can be problematic when going around the turning block. I prefer a double overhand on itself knot. I do accept the drawback that removal will require a knife. It is a small price to pay and the tail probably needed freshened up by that time anyway. A smaller amount of rope is lost making and cutting away a double overhand knot than that of a core to core eye splice. http://www.caves.org/section/vertical/nh/46/doitie.html Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Jan 24, 2017 4:54 PM, "Chuck Saur via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Greetings...just 14 weeks till launch 2017! I could not find listers' > advice/experience about changing SIZE of halyard line from current > wire/rope to Dyneema blend (looking at 3/8 Samson MLX). The halyard > sheaves appear to have enough width to handle 3/8 line; and understand the > sheaves need to be smooth to avoid chafe, which they appear to be. > > Seems 3/8 MLX would have enough load capacity for each of the 3 halyards > on my 35-3. Or...is there guidance to go up to a 7/16? > > Anyone with opinion? > > > *Chuck Saur* > > (517)-490-5926 <(517)%20490-5926> > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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