Hello Harold, I'm new to this Group so, don't know the format exactly. I changed to high tech lines on all my halyards over the past few years. My perceived advantages are as follows: less weight aloft (considerable, maybe equivalent to a man on the rail), much nicer on the hands if you need to handle the line e.g. "jumping" the halyard and low to zero stretch/creep. Disadvantage is cost. I have a question for you. I have a C&C 41 1988 Wing Keel; I'd like to find a deep keel someone might have for sale............... could you put out the word for me. I haven't figured out how to access the classified section as yet. Cheers, Niall
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:27 PM, patricia barkley-higginbottom < patrici...@cogeco.ca> wrote: > Have wire to rope halyards exclusively on my 35-3 1986 . What are the > disadvantages, since it seems most people , when they have to , change to > rope of various types. One I can think of is end to ending when there is > wear, and also less weight aloft, although how much difference that makes > on a relatively heavy boat I dont know. I club race white sail and will > have to change fairly soon because of wear at the jammers and beginnings of > fraying of the wire. I would tend to go with wire to rope again partly > because of the type of sheaves presently employed so need a strong reason > to change. > While I am on the site, anyone with a 35-3 full keel who races against a > 35-3 with keel centreboard have any idea of performance comparisons between > them. My boat is a centre board version. We do well enough, feel that we do > not point as high as other boats in our PHRF fleet especially in heavier > air, no other 35-3s in that fleet, but we run well and often overhaul boats > that may have got to the windward mark before us. > Harold > Celtic Spirit > 35-3 1986 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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