+1 on the Cajun Rope suggestion. They have packages available for many boats, including our older C&Cs, with cut-to length cordage. Their workmanship and customer service are both outstanding, and their costs are great, too. I highly recommend them. All my lines came whipped on the ends, with the exception of the halyards; they came with good shackles on one end and a “pulling eye” (a short eye without the core) on the other, to assist in reeving them.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Dec 10, 2017, at 9:01 AM, Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
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