I have a couple of friends who have re-rigged offshore cruising boats with single braid PBO line. Much lighter and much stronger than rod or wire of similar diameter. You can splice it yourself (sort of like spicing a ski rope with a couple of passes through the stay to lock the eye before you start burying the tail into the stay). The line is actually fairly cheap, but the special turnbuckles are expensive. Spare rigging for the boat is just a coil of line and a couple of thimbles.
Ine of the boats is a heavy steel cutter that has been around the world and to the Caribbean a couple of times since being rerigged. Owner reports you need to re-tension the rig every year or so (not rally different from wire) because while the line doesn’t really stretch, the splices will creep a bit, and you should replace the rigging every 8 years or so. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Spectra/double braid halyards All the talk on the Laser site is about Dynex Dux. They heat the dynema and it increases the strength and reduces the stretch. they are talking using it for the standing rigging. I think the 4mm is good to 8800 lbs. I would have to go back to the site to confirm it. Mike VanderVaart http://www.hampidjan.is/products/yachting/
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