Hi everyone,
It's time for new running rigging on our new-to-us sailboat. It's a 2003 Valiant 42. I'm starting with the halyards and have done a lot of research and some narrowing down--now curious to get some real-world perspective from people who have had halyards made of this stuff.
Boat originally had (and as far as I can tell still has worn-out original) Samson XLS for all its halyards. Obviously we don't need the world's most expensive HM racing fibers as it's a heavy cruising boat, but I realize there are a lot stronger and less stretchy materials available now than 19 years ago, and it might be worth considering an upgrade. There's a pretty wide range of price here, and I should say we're not rich (I'm DIYing as much of this as possible) but we have saved up for this job and don't want to be penny wise/pound poor either. Our goal is offshore cruising.
Here's what I've narrowed it down to. Happy to hear opinions of other products you've favored on similarly used boats:
Samson XLS3 (if we were to replace what we now have with the modern equivalent)
Samson WarpSpeed II
New England Ropes VPC
New England Ropes Endura Braid
Yale Cordage Maxibraid Plus.
Thanks!
Troy
S/V Miranda in Galesville MD
It's time for new running rigging on our new-to-us sailboat. It's a 2003 Valiant 42. I'm starting with the halyards and have done a lot of research and some narrowing down--now curious to get some real-world perspective from people who have had halyards made of this stuff.
Boat originally had (and as far as I can tell still has worn-out original) Samson XLS for all its halyards. Obviously we don't need the world's most expensive HM racing fibers as it's a heavy cruising boat, but I realize there are a lot stronger and less stretchy materials available now than 19 years ago, and it might be worth considering an upgrade. There's a pretty wide range of price here, and I should say we're not rich (I'm DIYing as much of this as possible) but we have saved up for this job and don't want to be penny wise/pound poor either. Our goal is offshore cruising.
Here's what I've narrowed it down to. Happy to hear opinions of other products you've favored on similarly used boats:
Samson XLS3 (if we were to replace what we now have with the modern equivalent)
Samson WarpSpeed II
New England Ropes VPC
New England Ropes Endura Braid
Yale Cordage Maxibraid Plus.
Thanks!
Troy
S/V Miranda in Galesville MD