| Trapeze Line vs. Wire #7742 06/11/02 09:56 AM 06/11/02 09:56 AM |
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 190 Long Island, NY Steven Bellavia OP
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Posts: 190 Long Island, NY | I need your help and advice,
I'm putting together my new Hobie FX-One, and it comes with this skinny, light white line for the trapeze. Has a polypropylene feel to it, and doesn't weigh anything. It attaches by looping it to the thimble of the sidestay. Looks like a chafing nightmare to me. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but what happened to wire? I know wire is heavy, but I don't need to be launched while sailing solo. Does anyone have any good or bad comments regarding this stuff?? Should I trust it? What is it? (Vectran? Technora? Amalgamated chicken fat?)
Thanks!!
Steve
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#7747 06/12/02 02:07 AM 06/12/02 02:07 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 9,582 North-West Europe Wouter
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been using 3 mm dyneema line for 3 years now and it hasn;t failed or chaffed yet.
Trick to lines is to do it right. There are two rules to line which are taking from power kiting.
-1- Almost every knot reduces the line strength by some 40 to 50 %. So you fisherhitches and bolins to reduce the reduction, these two knots have the smallest reduction and a Fishers hitch results in two line running our a shackle so 200 % * 50 % = 100 % again.
-2- Use small shackles to attach the lines to the mast. A simple fishers hitch will be enough to attach the line to the dogbones.
Use also a figure 8 knot tho rest the trapeze handle on.
Advantage of line :
-1- Cheaper and alot simpler to replace.
-2- hangs straigh down and doesn;t slap around in wind or waves even with small diameter bungees attached to them
-3- doesn't rub against the battenpockets as much as wires do this practicallty eliminates batten pocket wear in the mainsail. Repairing these pockets is expensive,
Quite a few crews have been using these for several years now. Don't worry just trust the line. Just make sure you use proper high strength line.
however Consensus is that the standing rigging should still be wires and not lines.
Wouter
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#7748 06/12/02 02:02 PM 06/12/02 02:02 PM |
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | Would switching from the issued wire trap lines to cord violate any class rules? I know that we were gigged for having too many grommet holes on our tramp, and I don' t know if I saw anything about changing wire to cordage in the books (but again, I wasn't really looking for that)...
Jay
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#7750 07/29/02 09:08 AM 07/29/02 09:08 AM |
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Posts: 190 Long Island, NY | Hi Vicatman, Another FX-One owner besides me (Jim Glanden) has chafed through his trap lines at the sidestay thimble. He used a shackle to fix the problem. I used a stainless steel ring and 6 inches of electrical shrink tubing below it. I haven't had a problem since. Image below or at: http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?UV=913270647033_78048401503&US=0&collid=28820976403My mast is the correct length now. (It was also all aluminum from Europe, but was just the wrong length). The more I use the boat, the more I like it. I think it sails faster, and definitely smoother with the jib and two people on it. I'm only 150 lbs and my occasional crew is 135lbs. I would supsect at 235lbs, you can sail the boat fairly smooth. I tend to bounce on the water rather than cut through it when sailing solo. It's a nice boat - I hope it becomes more popular in the USA.
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