Hi Charlie,
I've made a similar repair you suggest many times on halyard covers
that gets loaded too much and parts when the clutch slips. My
stitching simply runs parallel to the core and circumferential around
the joint of the cover (right angle to the break). I half hitch
regularly so a
Repair of polyester sove on jib sheet.
I would normally buy a new line but sometimes I try an "economical" solution.
I had same issue with a spin halyard. I covered it with some heat shrink that,
as I recall, I got from apsltd.com for line ends. It was pink. That was 5-7
years
I would normally buy a new line but sometimes I try an "economical" solution.
I had same issue with a spin halyard. I covered it with some heat shrink that,
as I recall, I got from apsltd.com for line ends. It was pink. That was 5-7
years ago. Still holding.
Dennis C.
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of polyester sove on jib sheet.
One of my jib sheets' cover split during my last racing adventure--of course a
little too far from either end to just cut or reverse the line. The line is
3/8" Endura braid with a dyneema core which is fine--and at 10,000 lbs breaking
strength should stay fine!
One of my jib sheets' cover split during my last racing adventure--of course a
little too far from either end to just cut or reverse the line. The line is
3/8" Endura braid with a dyneema core which is fine--and at 10,000 lbs breaking
strength should stay fine!
I have some experience in
