Greetings...just 14 weeks till launch 2017! I could not find listers'
advice/experience about changing SIZE of halyard line from current
wire/rope to Dyneema blend (looking at 3/8 Samson MLX). The halyard
sheaves appear to have enough width to handle 3/8 line; and understand the
sheaves need to
Chuck,
Full disclosure: I work for a rope company, Novabraid. 3/8" halyards with a
blended UHMWPE core will be plenty strong enough. No question. And Samson MLX
is an awesome product and very similar in design to our Argus rope (although we
use Spectra rather than Dyneema in the core blend).
Someone stop me before I go too far
I'd like to rebuild/insulate the ice box on my C&C 33-1 in preparation for
the installation of a AB cold machine that I acquired recently. To to
insulate properly, I am going to have to pull the ice box cabinet apart
and possibly create and install a new,
Chuck,
The 3/8” MLX will be plenty strong. Heck, I might have gone down to 5/16” if
my clutches would grip it. I’ve replaced several sheaves. The originals, if
they are in good shape, will work will all rope halyards. The plain bearings
will eventually develop play and will need to be r
You might look under the fridge door gasket for screws. These should hold
the fridge "liner" into the fridge "cabinet".
Most if not all of the trim is probably NOT going to need removed. The
cabinet tops are simply held by screws from below.
If you do find that you need to remove a wood plug, u
With a few drips of oil and some water from the stuffing box the engine
compartment is quite messy. I really would like to have it clean as well as the
bilge. Are there any suggestions?___
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See the attached Practical Sailor article to make a value based decision on
the type of line you use. I have gone to all rope halyards in 3/8" size.
I love Yale Crystaline. It is awesome to work with, super strong, ultra
low stretch, light weight, extremely weather resistant, and it even
floats.
