Based on the link below I've enjoyed Yale Crystalline and Sampson Walpspeed for halyards. When I replaced my reef lines and outhauls I used a similar ideology but was selecting based on color scheme more specifically than price or performance and used Endura, V-100, and VPC. I have found all 5 lines to be capable of a core ro core eye splice with a buried jacket tail.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pEh5lnvP1ySGpOTUdGRW9xdzQ I've chimed in before about eye splices near the masthead sheaves. IMO It fattens the line too much and can cause jamming. Instead I use a Double Overhand on Itself. http://caves.org/section/vertical/nh/46/doitie.html As for color schemes, consider this quote I found in online. "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.)" I have found Crystalline to be one of the few solid color lines with great price to performance characteristics so it is on as all my halyards right now. Red for spin, blue for head, and green for main. I suppose you are going to ask about size. 3/8ths for halyards gives 11,000lbs strength. The crystalline jacket is slippery but clutches work fines and whiches are fine except for the self tailer working loose. 5/16ths for the outhaul and reef lines. This better accommodated the 3:1 and 5:1 purchase systems in the boom and was slightly cheaper. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mon, May 14, 2018, 7:48 AM Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > We have a 1994 C&C 37/40+. We've owned the boat for about a year. The > halyards are badly faded from the sun, and we noticed an area where the > core is showing at the eye splice around the shackles. The current > halyards are Sta-Set X. > > We don't race, so super high-tech line is unnecessary, but that doesn't > mean I want have to re-tension the halyards when I'm sailing, either. > > On my last boat (a C&C 27 MKIII), I tried the Sta-Set X 15 years ago or > so, and didn't like the feel, and I think I remember the line slipping in > the clutches as well. That has not been the case on this boat, but the > line is old... > > I've seen some recommendations for NE Ropes VPC. > > What do you recommend for halyards and why? > > Thanks! > > Bruce Whitmore > 1994 C&C 37/40+ "Astralis" > Madeira Beach, FL 34677 > (847) 404-5092 (mobile) > bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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