Dave

That is great stuff, and racing sailors use it for a lot things.  You would like
to have 7/16 or 1/2” material to make it easy to get your hands around, and 1/2"
Amsteel is $3.50 a foot as opposed to a good 3 strand at 30¢ to $1 foot.

Plus it doesn’t like sunlight


Ed Minch




On Jan 28, 2015, at 5:37 PM, David Nighswander  wrote:

> There are so many variables in the design, materials used, and how ropes are
used. I only know what I’ve read.
> There is a wealth of information on synthetic Amsteel Blue rope at the Wyeth-
Scott website
> https://www.wyeth-
scott.com/documents.asp