Thanks for the plug, but I would suggest supporting a LOCAL business so you’ll have a source for various pieces and parts in the future. I think most reputable rope makers have products for most running rigging applications and even though I work for a rope maker, I have several lines on my boat made by a competitor. Or as some suggest, you want a particular color pattern, not every company markets solid color ropes. Novabraid, as a manufacturing company doesn’t sell direct to end users but has retail outfitters in Canada, USA, and in several other countries. If anyone needs info on our products specific to C&Cs, don’t hesitate to email me, even if I don’t make what you’re looking for or if your local shop wants to buy just a cut length to make some sheets or a halyard for you. We have options for that. Again, I appreciate the positive feedback from the list but I want to make it clear that my goal in entering into rope discussions is to educate but not to sway you to buying any particular brand. Every rope sales rep I’ve worked with are really good guys and do a great job representing their company. And we pretty much all complete against each other around the buoys. Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 35 Landfall Padanaram MA
Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2018, at 1:25 PM, David via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Not for nuthin' but perhaps we support our brethren. Let Chuck make a > recommendation and buy from him... > > Get Outlook for Android > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Josh Muckley via > CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 12:45:46 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Josh Muckley > Subject: Re: Stus-List Time for new halyard... Recommendations? > > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > > 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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