I agree T-900 is overkill. Totally agree with you there.
It does make decent spinsheets though. Those few tenths of a
percent....on a 32 foot boat with 50 feet of guy running to the pole,
having 8 inches of stretch means that, shy reaching in a big breeze, the
pole is slamming into the forestay in every puff!!! Puff ON....WHAM!!
Puff ON...WHACK!!!!! ugly
In terms of the economics....For all intents and purposes, sails are our
engines....and since we dont spend much money on petrol, and we want
our "engines" to run efficiently (in theory), why not consider dumping
some of the change we save on fossil fuel back into an easy upgrade
that will, relatively cheaply, result in better performance and, as Phil
has mentioned, a more relaxed and less tired crew? Seems like a penny-wise
decision to me...obviously within reason...a full wardrobe of WarpSpeed
or PoBOn would be ridiculous on a C27, admittedly.
As far as the Regatta Braid, since, when you are trimmed in, you are
probably only a couple feet at most (and maybe just a few inches at the
least...depending on where your jib leads are and how big your genny is)
stretch is much less of a factor....a whopping 4 perecent over 18inches
is only 3/4 inch..so, yeah, GO THE REGATTA BRAID!!! Love that stuff.
tf
Ralph E. Ahseln wrote:
TF, et al,
I genuflect before you, old friend.
I agree that a bungee cord for a Halyard .. ain't too cool..
I was just ...pretty sure I couldn't pull 1000 "jugs" on my main
halyard..
I hope you understand that I was simply curious about the StaSet vs
StaSet X discussion.
I based my comment on the Graphic that New England Rope presents......
http://www.neropes.com/PleasureMarine.aspx
It's hard for me to see the advantage of only a few Tenths of a
percent between Sta Set and Sta Set X ....
And to replace them with High Tech stuff like "T-900" ... is a bit
OVER the Top for most of we Catalina 27.. "poor folks"
Oh Yea, As to "Hand" of lines...
Being an OLD ARTHRITIC guy, .....Small diameter line and hand
PAIN..... isn't an Option.....
But, I would never deny... that IT Depends on .....WHO'S .. OX is
being gored.
I suppose I'd better NOT mention that I use 5/7ths REGATTA BRAID
for my Genny Sheets.......??
ROFL....!!
