Nobody yet has mentioned the “sensible” and cost effective Canadian approach to buying halyards, Novabraid! Pre-made halyards can be bought through Cajun Rope in Yarmouth, NS featuring Novabraid XLE which compares well to Sta-set or Samson XLS. For an alternative to VPC or MLX, both of which have blended high modulus cores, Novabraid makes Argus. Visually indistinguishable to MLX or Euro Endura, I’m using Argus on all my halyards on my 35 Landfall in place of rope and wire halyards. No detectable elongation and No sheave issues at all. I did inspect them all beforehand.
Full disclosure: I work as the Marketing Manager in the US for Novatec Braids, the company that makes Novabraid. We don’t have a big ad budget, but our ropes are made in the same type of machinery as our competitors and we all buy the raw materials from same supply chain. And all our rope is Canadian made. While New England Rope doesn’t show up in many Marine stores in the Maritimes, Novabraid should be a bit easier and cheaper to buy. Shameless plug complete... Chuck Gilchrest Half Magic 1983 Landfall 35 Padanaram MA Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2017, at 9:22 AM, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you want to go the performance route, race your boat and spend more $ and > if your sheeves allow it has previously stated, You can go full dyneema. > > In this range I have Samson MLX for jib halyard and Cousin Dyneestar for > main. Comparing the two I prefer the Cousin product, have not compared > numbers, but feels less stretch, less prone to kink and easier on the hand. > > Very good performance line. > > Bruno. > > Envoyé de mon iPad > > Le 10 déc. 2017 à 09:36, Jeffrey Nelson via CnC-List <[email protected]> > a écrit : > >> When I replaced my halards (main and headsail) I used the same wire rope >> combo that was original with the boat. >> >> I race lightly, and cruise. Definitely it was the cheapest option. My >> rigger had indicated that a good inspection of the sheaves at the >> crane should be done if going to an all rope version, as sometimes the wire >> will have chewed into the sheaves which will cause >> it to chew into your new expensive rope. Also, you would need to check to >> see if the new rope halyard would fit in the sheaves properly, >> ie the shoulders and tracke of the sheave are wide enough to accept the rope >> halardy. Probably saved me a few hundred bucks and >> works just fine. If you go the all rope route and need to replace your >> sheaves, Zypherwerks can make them for your: >> >> http://www.zephyrwerks.com/sheaves.html >> >> Not sure what you mean my foresail, perhaps Spinnaker? Those are external >> run on my boat and lead to a block outside forward part of the >> crane. I'd like to get them a little further out, but haven't gotten to >> that project yet, as if the Spin isn't fully flying it can get snagged in >> the headsail >> >> when furling it....but with a little training everything works just ifne. >> My spin halards are all rope based XLS, which I know has more stretch than >> other lines, but then again I'm not racing for americas cup...just around >> the buoys for some fun. >> >> >> Hope this helps in your decision process. >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Jeff Nelson >> Muir Caileag >> C&C 30 >> Armdale Y.C. >> Halifax >> >> >>> On 12/10/2017 7:08 AM, T power via CnC-List wrote: >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I'm looking to replace my foresail and headsail halyard on my C&C 30 MKI, >>> my foresail is a combination of wire and rope. The boat is used by new >>> sailor for cruising. >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Tom Power >>> Invictus >>> C&C 30 MK1 >>> Fredericton, NB >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >>> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >>> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >>> >> >> >> >> >> Virus-free. www.avast.com >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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