I replaced all mine with Yale Crystaline. Love the stuff. When rope wears it frays. I can live with that. When wire wears it makes fish hooks. Ouch! Wire also chews up the shives. I can also end for end rope or simply freshen up the ends if needed.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sep 27, 2014 7:52 AM, "Joel Aronson via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > David > > I'd consider Dyneema 75 with chafe covers at both ends. Very low stretch > and weight. Cheaper than. warp speed ( no offense Edd). > > On Saturday, September 27, 2014, David Knecht via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I need to replace the genoa halyard on my boat and am wondering about the >> disadvantage of wire-rope over high tech line. The original spec line is >> wire-rope. From what I have priced, wire-rope from APS is cheaper than a >> dyneema type very low stretch line (Warp Speed/Endura) and about the same >> as somewhat low stretch line (VPC). I see the advantages of wire-rope as >> price and essentially no stretch. The only disadvantage I see is a bit >> more weight aloft, but as a percentage of the total weight aloft it seems >> insignificant. Am I missing something? Dave >> >> Aries >> 1990 C&C 34+ >> New London, CT >> >> >> > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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