I will probably buy 5/16" Yale Light for the mainsheet on a H16 soon (already use 1/4" for the jib sheet). However, I have seen braided polypro (by Marlow?) recommended by Layline for J24 mainsheets. Any opinions on this? Polypro is lower strength but also much cheaper than Spectra cored line.



What are realistic mainsheet loads? 3/8" polyester seems like overkill for a H16 mainsheet?