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Originally Posted by Bluewater664
I see two things I would do a bit differently. The first one would be to strip the cover off and run just the bare Dynema through the rings, it will offer even less friction. This will not cause any concern for UV degradation. I had Samson rope at tested some bare Dynema that had been baking in the California and Mexican sun shine for 12 years. The test results are showing 72% of original strength. The second thing is it appears that it is just cleated off. I really hope you are planning on taking that to a winch in order to get proper tension on it so they can do it’s job as designed. Looks like a good layout.
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It's 7/16 NER VPC performance line and I'm not too worried about the friction as it won't be worked very often. I can't strip the cover on the VPC because it's vectran which doesn't do well with UV. I think it's a good alternative to
dyneema and I don't need to add a cover and it's cheaper than say a Endura braid if I remember correctly. No, it's just cleated off at the
dock because I'm using the aft which for our quarter spring. It would normally, under sail, be to the secondary lazy winch.
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Originally Posted by GILow
I assume the attachment to the toe rail is temporary?
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Right now, yes. I'm not 100 percent sure on the exact spots I want to put the anchors. I have 2 of Wichards largest folding padeyes that will go to each runner. It's a good way to figure out where before I drill all the holes.