A Synthetic Rigging Upgrade

A Synthetic Rigging Upgrade: Vectran to Dyneema - Zartman Cruising

By the time I started doing those splices for a living, half a decade later, the method was still kind of a rigger's secret. You can now find instruction for it ...

Installing Synthetic Standing Rigging - Sail Magazine

I wanted plenty of time to ponder a number of extra changes and upgrades, and so I opted to do everything at once with the rig on the ground. I ...

Synthetic Rigging Conversion

I began looking at other materials and stumbled across synthetic fibers. Dyneema is stronger than steel and a fraction of the weight.

Synthetic rigging for Totem's backstay

Updating Totem's standing rigging wasn't an intentional part of the 40-year refit. We re-rigged a few years previously, in anticipation of ...

Synthetic Standing Rigging anyone? - EricsonYachts.org

Rope rigging is lighter than steel cable. Rope rigging is stronger than steel cable. Rope rigging shows wear (via furry rough outer sleeves) more obviously.

Synthetic standing rigging on a small boat - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

I'm in the brainstorming phase of replacing the standing rigging on my Macgregor 25 trailer sailer (older iron swing keel , not water ...

Standing rigging replacement. Synthetic rigging | Boat Design Net

The service life on modern line Dux is going to be less than rod or wire. Something around 5 years is the current wisdom, but long term studies are still ...

Synthetic standing rigging conversion - Sailing Anarchy Forums

It is easy to cut ropes away in case of dismasting. You could set up emergency rig after dismast as you carry spares of ropes. Dyneema is not ...

Synthetic standing rigging in a cruiser? | SailNet Community

I'm in the process of buying my first boat, a very nicely cared for Islander Bahama 30. The standing rigging is the one thing that seems to need ...

Why Dyneema standing rigging? - Sustainable Sailing

[Update] I have written a lot about Dyneema standing rigging so I now have a guide to it all in: Dyneema / Synthetic Rigging Summary[End ...

Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 | Sailboat Owners Forums

Dyneema and Spectra - these are two brand names of the sam(ish) Ultra High Weight Polyethylene fibers. There are other brand names too. Bend Radius Testing ...

Making your synthetic rigging BULLET PROOF (Rigging pt. III)

If not, watch how I took my synthetic standing rigging to the next level! I explain everything I did to upgrade my synthetic rigging, what ...

Rigging Redo: Our Switch to Synthetic - Cruising World

Updating the standing rigging on our Stevens 47, Totem, included a replacement Dyneema/polyester double braid line, including for our ...

Synthetic Fiber Rigging - Small Boats Magazine

Synthetic Fiber Rigging · Dyneema rope, with spliced in stainless-steel thimbles and simple lashings, makes strong · A few of the Colligo fittings ...

Colligo Synthetic Rigging Sailboat Systems - Vela Sailing Supply

Find Colligo Synthetic Rigging Systems . Technical support and advice on all sailing products. The best customer service-Discount prices-Vela Sailing ...

Synthetic Rigging on a 17 ton aluminium catamaran - YouTube

We are replacing our standing rigging with a Hybrid Rigging, some of our stays will be changed our for "like for like" stainless steel wire ...

Wire Rigging Vs. Synthetic Rigging Vs. Rod Rigging

Wire rope has been around a LOOONNG time. Perhaps, therefore, the most tried and true. Remember, this was the big upgrade from tarred manila ...

How to Replace Your Standing Rigging for Less - The $tingy Sailor

... upgrade for money well spent. There is allot of older Catalina ... I would have replaced with the synthetic but I was too much of a newb.

An Alternative Method to Tensioning Synthetic Standing Rigging

This is an easy alternative that achieves the same result of a properly tuned rig with much less involvement and effort.

LockJaw Synthetic Shackle Kevlar Upgrade Kit with Lock 1/4" x 4"

It can be used to upgrade both LockJaw Lifting and Non-Lifting Synthetic Shackles, as well as LockJaw Winch Lines with integrated shackles.