[sailingdog]

I agree, and I've standardized all the lines on my boat to be 3/8" lines. The only ones that aren't ATM are the genny sheets, but when I replace them next season, they'll be 3/8" lines as well. Already replaced the mainsheet, topping lift, main sail halyard, spinnaker halyard, boom vang, etc.

I'm also slowly color coordinating the sheets and halyards to make things a bit less confusing. The main sail halyard and main sheet are both white with blue flecks. The spinnaker sheets and halyard are white with red flecks, the genoa halyard and sheets will be white with green flecks.

The topping lift, boom vang, boom break and such will be white or black. The reefing lines will be paired off with red fleck, green fleck and blue flecks for the first, second and third reefs—I'm recycling the old halyards for use for the reefing lines for the moment.

Originally Posted by sailingfool

FWIW on my CS 36T I have 3/8 on all my control lines like traveller, vang, pole lift, foreguy. 3/8 is fine on the hand and anything bigger for your boat would be a waste of money, and a lot of money if you want blocks tht will run 1/2 or 7/8 smoothly. Pole controls are pretty much set and forget...my foreguy trims through a clutch and works fine without any leverage or turns. The pole lift runs through a clutch to a winch, needed mostly just for lifting the heavy pole...