[C320-list] Main Halyard Replacement

[Scott Thompson]

I do not like Sta-Set X for main halyards, because the linear core makes 
it very stiff. This is OK for a jib halyard that you aren't running up 
and down very often because the jib is on a furler, but the stiff line 
is no fun if you are raising / lowering the main each time you sail.

Scott Thompson
Surprise, 653

On 3/21/2014 11:46 AM, Myron Welch wrote:
> 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
>