The wire is from a time long past. There is little reason not to switch to rope. Wire used to be stronger and lighter with less stretch. Now its only real selling point is chaff resistance and is accompanied by a host of disadvantages. Harder to splice, harder to cut, harder to terminate, when it chaffs it creates meat hooks, and adds wear to your sheaves to name a few. We're replacing ours (probably with dyneama).
Are you saying that operating the outhaul is difficult or are you saying that the rope is physically stiff? If the rope is stiff then no there is probably little you can do. Sta-Set X is notoriously stiff. If OTOH you are saying that the outhaul is difficult to operate then I would look at a couple of things. Check the friction and diameter of each of the turning blocks in the boom. Check or replace the slide which goes in the boom end (loose footed). McLube the boom track . Consider adding a purchase system inside or outside the boom. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD
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