[C320-list] Main Halyard Replacement

[Martin Rosenberg]

I second Lew's comment. Samson XLS or XLS Extra is a great rope. I have no
use for NE rope anymore. I've wasted too much money on their products. Both
Yale and Samson make superior products. They just don't have the West
Marine connection.
Martin


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:58 PM, <sailorlew at aol.com> wrote:

> At one time I replaced my halyards with Sta Set X. This line is impossible
> to coil & I later replaced them with Samson XLS.
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> -----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
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> 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
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> recommended New England Ropes Sta-Set and the other recommended Sta-Set X.
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> course, representatives from Yale and Sampson cordage suggested their own
> equivalent.  Last month I attended a Great Lakes Cruising Club rigging
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> and the rigger recommended New England Ropes VPC, which has much less
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> 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.
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> Any suggestions?  We are cruisers on northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
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> Myron Welch
> Wind Instrument #238
> Iowa City, Iowa
> Grace Memorial Harbor
> Elk Rapids, Michigan
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