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Here ya go, Philip: http://shop.odayowners.com/cordage/list2.htm?requiredfields=bid&bid=2450
This link is to the chandlery here on this site.
As I expected, they recommend 3/8" double braid polyester for jib sheets, and they sell Sampson XLS here. I have used XLS on my smaller boat, and I found it to be a very wooly feel cover, which has good grip, but my crew whined that it was rough on his hands.
Other options are pretty much any polyester double braid such as New England Ropes Sta-set, or Novabraid XLE. I think the Novabraid from Sailcare is probably the least expensive option: http://sailcare.com/ropeshop.shtml
Double braid polyester is kind of an all around choice for cruising boats. Reasonably priced, holds up very well to UV, decent hand feel, but will tend to be heavy, absorb water, and have a bit of stretch to it. (I know one racer who calls it "rubber bands" when used for halyards.)
If you have more money than brains, you can move to other high tech lines. For example, I use FSE Robline Racing Sheet on my 15' boat, and New England Ropes Salsa on my 192. See, more money than brains…
Even though you didn't say you need them, New England VPC is a good choice for cruising halyards. It's a good, lower stretch blended line. I use it for outhaul and reefing lines on the 192. If I had it to do over again, I'd use New England Ropes VPC for my halyards. Instead, for the little boat, I used FSE Robline Dinghy Control Dyneema core, and for the 192 I used 1/4" Yale Crystalyne Vectran core. Hey, I can lift up more than 4 192's with some of that Crystalyne!
Actually, that's not quite true, I do have one more boat to re-rig, a wood GP14 racing dinghy. Yeah, I'll probably waste money on high tech halyards again, and probably more Salsa for sheets, even though Salsa is generally butt-ugly. But I like that line!
Brian
This link is to the chandlery here on this site.
As I expected, they recommend 3/8" double braid polyester for jib sheets, and they sell Sampson XLS here. I have used XLS on my smaller boat, and I found it to be a very wooly feel cover, which has good grip, but my crew whined that it was rough on his hands.
Other options are pretty much any polyester double braid such as New England Ropes Sta-set, or Novabraid XLE. I think the Novabraid from Sailcare is probably the least expensive option: http://sailcare.com/ropeshop.shtml
Double braid polyester is kind of an all around choice for cruising boats. Reasonably priced, holds up very well to UV, decent hand feel, but will tend to be heavy, absorb water, and have a bit of stretch to it. (I know one racer who calls it "rubber bands" when used for halyards.)
If you have more money than brains, you can move to other high tech lines. For example, I use FSE Robline Racing Sheet on my 15' boat, and New England Ropes Salsa on my 192. See, more money than brains…
Even though you didn't say you need them, New England VPC is a good choice for cruising halyards. It's a good, lower stretch blended line. I use it for outhaul and reefing lines on the 192. If I had it to do over again, I'd use New England Ropes VPC for my halyards. Instead, for the little boat, I used FSE Robline Dinghy Control Dyneema core, and for the 192 I used 1/4" Yale Crystalyne Vectran core. Hey, I can lift up more than 4 192's with some of that Crystalyne!
Actually, that's not quite true, I do have one more boat to re-rig, a wood GP14 racing dinghy. Yeah, I'll probably waste money on high tech halyards again, and probably more Salsa for sheets, even though Salsa is generally butt-ugly. But I like that line!
Brian
Charlie....there is one rope on every boat...technically required for all vessels ...care to guess what it is
We met a man at the Georgetown,NC wooden boat show last month that was doing knot tying demonstrations. His definition of a rope was a cord that was on a spool and had no purpose. Once a length of the cord is off the spool and prepared for a (especially nautical) purpose, then it is called a line.
Trying to reply on my phone,doesn't work. Please excuse my ignorance but appreciate that I want and need to learn from this website.First day I sailed in circles then sailed fifteen miles to the marina. I've gotten good at jibing to me but no where close to where I need to be. It is such fun I can't explain it to people. Sailing in a lake with 1200 miles of shore line but about 30 miles of sailing room. two years from now going to put boat on trailer, go to Savannah, hang a right and go to the Bahama's. So I need some input. Naming my boat "Illusion" for many reasons. Thank y"all for any and all input. Will buy the recommended rope next weekend.
Nope...boltrope is for sails only and is not used for any function/control...not adjustable....this rope is on power and sail vessels
There can be more than one rope on a boat. A sail may have a bolt rope. On a manual start outboard motor there is a pull rope. Each yard on a square rigged sailing ship is equipped with a foot rope for sailors to stand on while setting or stowing the sails. If the boat has a bell, it would also have a bell rope with which to ring it
^^^seems reasonable answer. God love Google, cut and paste. :O)
^^^seems reasonable answer. God love Google, cut and paste. :O)
I will have a bell with a rope before spring. Thanks for the input. Next problem is I have an 25.5 on a trailer that I bought for the trailer. Questions: Is the bow and stern enclosure and the cabin hatch worth saving?
I was taught in the US Navy that steel cable is referred to as rope and landlubber rope is line. The bell rope is referred to as lanyard. Chief
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