[quote=MN3][quote=Deepsees]A little over half my halyard is cable... the other half is spectron. ...
Sometimes I board research ships that have no metal cables on them at all. Spectron [/quote]
do you mean vectran or spectra? or is there some hybrid line i have never heard of?
spectra is the brand name of dyneema blend.. dyneema has creep issues (elongation over time) and does not make for the best stays due to it. there is a new brand called Dynex Dux 75 that is streached and heated and left for a few days... that reduces creep.. but it is still there to a small degree.
vectran has no creep issues
creep would not matter at all in a halyard as it is only used to raise the sails and is released afterwards.. [/quote]
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