Lol - everyone seems to have their own code. I always did blue headsail, green spinnaker and red main. Of course, the factory rigged my boat with blue for the main and red for headsail. Now I'm changing lines just so I don't have to unlearn 25 years of habit.
Other than halyards, I would take a serious look at sails and blocks before going beyond sta-set. John Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Someone over on the cruisers forum posted this: > > 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 had to replace most of the running rigging so it was a perfect time to > employ this scheme. I fell in love with Yale Crystalline years ago. V100 is > comparable but almost always more expensive. It doesn't absorb water, it > floats, and is easy to splice, but man is it slick when new. I used 3/8" > Crystalline for the head and main and various sizes of Stay-set everywhere > else. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > -- > When privacy matters. > http://www.secure-my-email.com > > On Aug 19, 2013 7:07 PM, "Indigo" <ind...@thethomsons.us> wrote: >> Although there may be a price break in buying a spool of line, I would >> strongly recommend having different colors for different lines. I just >> sailed on a friends boat with many of the control lines the same – brother >> it was confusing – and I would say, potentially dangerous – especially if >> you don’t have regular crew who know the location of each line. >> >> >> >> Jonathan >> >> Indigo – 35MkIII >> >> Southport CT >> >> >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of >> cenel...@aol.com >> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:37 PM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Stus-List New sheets/halyards >> >> >> >> My crew has convinced me that I need to replace my regular sheets and >> halyards--some have been spliced/end for ended, etc. and its been probably >> 5+ years that they have been in use. For convenience, I like to use the same >> line and color for my jib and main halyards and the jib sheets. The main >> sheet is probably OK but I think it is just something like Sta-Set. >> >> >> >> I need something which will work on the Lewmar clutches on my C&C 36 XL/kcb >> Water Phantom so in spite of the increased strength of modern lines, I doubt >> I can go below 3/8" or 5/16" and still have the clutches usable. >> >> >> >> I thought I would ask the list for its opinion--I am thinking of something >> medium tech/price for club racing locally and of buying an entire spool of >> whatever I get if it saves me some money on $/foot. >> >> >> >> I have used the usual tricks to extend the life (end for ended, taken the >> covers off, used messenger lines to keep the exposed core hidden in the >> mast/boom, etc.) so what I am looking for is a good deal on some good, not >> professional, low stretch line. I now use (I am pretty sure) Endura Braid >> from NER and in spite of its 11,000 lbs breaking strength, I have had it >> break at least twice in use--probably because it had been worn at some >> points when it was in use. This line also 'hockles' easily and the cover is >> a little slippery. >> >> >> >> Of course it should have a reasonable 'hand' as well. >> >> >> >> Suggestions of line type and vendors are welcome. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Charlie Nelson >> >> Water Phantom >> >> C&C 36 XL/kcb >> >> >> >> >> >> cenel...@aol.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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