Rope is lighter, DIY, easier on the hand, easier on the sheaves, rope doesn't get fish hooks and won't chew on the other lines as bad. Often times the rope will float depending on the material and may be hydrophobic.
You can also flip rope end for end when it starts to get worn or simply freshen up the end. Just my 2 cents, Josh Muckley On Dec 2, 2013 11:32 AM, "Joel Aronson" <[email protected]> wrote: > David, > > The rope is stretching over the entire 100 foot -plus length. > Halyard tension should be adjusted during a race - less downwind, more > upwind. > You would need to check the sheaves to see if they were changed. Rope > compatible sheaves are more V shaped. > Rope is more of a DIY project unless you have the tools. You still the > need the rope tail. > Dyneema is lighter than wire, but I doubt you would notice the difference > on a 12,000 boat. > > Joel > 35/3 > Annapolis > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Hoyt, Mike <[email protected]>wrote: > >> David >> >> Have your ruled out slippage of the halyards in the clutches? We have >> this problem on a number of boats on which I sail. >> >> Mike >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David >> Knecht >> *Sent:* Monday, December 02, 2013 11:58 AM >> *To:* CnC CnC discussion list >> *Subject:* Stus-List halyards again >> >> I was thinking about the recent discussions of new high tech halyards and >> have a question. The PO replaced my halyards with all rope, but I don’t >> know what kind it is. I have noticed significant changes in sail shape >> over a day of sailing which I am presuming is stretch. Given the length of >> a rope halyard for a C&C, the stretch factor seems like a serious issue. >> If you have 60’ of line after uphaul, then 2-4% stretch becomes a >> significant amount of change in mainsail shape. Those are the kinds of >> stretch numbers I am seeing for lower tech line. I don’t want to have to >> adjust the halyard during a race when shorthanded. One solution seem to be >> to use a low stretch line (spectra core, etc.) and the other is wire/rope. >> It looks like wire-rope is actually less expensive, so what is the down >> side? Are they less durable? If someone says weight, then I am going to >> ask for a calculation of the relative weight difference of wire vs rope >> given the huge mass of aluminum and dacron we all have sticking 40’ off the >> deck. I am hard pressed to believe that small weight difference is >> significant for non-Americas cup sailors. Dave >> >> >> David Knecht >> Aries >> 1990 C&C 34+ >> New London, CT >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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