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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 06-03-2017, 09:18
Replies: 72
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Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: Re rig in Dyneema

Remember that rope has been the classic rigging on classic ships. Like Brion Toss once said: wire rigging has been a 150 year anomaly :-)

Dyneema is simple and reliable. I believe hi tech racers...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 06-03-2017, 09:05
Replies: 72
Views: 19,541
Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: Re rig in Dyneema

Which Dyneema are you looking at?
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 06-03-2017, 08:50
Replies: 72
Views: 19,541
Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: Re rig in Dyneema

I will have to look at that again. Last time I went for stainless steel because I could re-use my Norseman fittings (!!) and for my capshrouds and lowers I had to go up in diameter a lot to deal with...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 06-03-2017, 05:16
Replies: 72
Views: 19,541
Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: Re rig in Dyneema

I wonder which rope you are referring to? I first had an Italian one that they called "Cruising Spectra" but forgot details and I had to re-tighten it after a week. This was in 2003 and it performed...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 05-03-2017, 21:49
Replies: 72
Views: 19,541
Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: Re rig in Dyneema

Not sure who says so but my dyneema lifelines (actually core blended with poly) suddenly started stretching after ...ahum... 13 years so replaced them with the same thing :thumb:
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