A consideration: If you have self tailing winches, the 8 mm may not hold in the winch and you have to hand tail. A single person trying to grind the winch and tailing at the same time can be a challenge.
I have self tailing Barient 24’s for halyard winches and the 8 mm will not stay in the “jaws” of the self tailer. They are adjusted as small as they can go. May just be my winches… Brian From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 3:28 PM To: CnClist <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List new haylards With cover, 8mm would be my thought. To go smaller, I'd consider stripped Dyneema. Maybe 1/4 inch. Dennis C. On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Jim via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Dennis Thanks for the info and pictures. Your set up looks like what I'm trying to achieve. When you say a small diameter high tech halyard should work, what diameter where you thinking? I purchased 8mm VPC (but have not tried it). I'm reluctant to go much smaller as it may be hard to hold / pull on. Thanks again for the pictures, I am going to take a closer look at my end to see what is possible. Cheers, James ps: my 35-1 is s/n 75 so very close to yours.
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