[C320-list] Main Halyard Replacement

[sailorlew at aol.com]

At one time I replaced my halyards with Sta Set X. This line is impossible to coil & I later replaced them with Samson XLS.
Lew

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Myron Welch <myron-welch at uiowa.edu>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 21, 2014 12:20 pm
Subject: [C320-list] Main Halyard Replacement



This spring I am going to replace the original main halyard on my 1995 320, 
#238.  I checked with two riggers at the Strictly Sail show in Chicago and one 
recommended New England Ropes Sta-Set and the other recommended Sta-Set X.  Of 
course, representatives from Yale and Sampson cordage suggested their own 
equivalent.  Last month I attended a Great Lakes Cruising Club rigging webinar 
and the rigger recommended New England Ropes VPC, which has much less stretch 
and about the same price as Sta-Set X.  I have read the articles by Mark Yeager 
and he is not a fan of New England Ropes.

Any suggestions?  We are cruisers on northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

Myron Welch
Wind Instrument #238
Iowa City, Iowa
Grace Memorial Harbor
Elk Rapids, Michigan