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Old 10-25-2012, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jimg View Post
My boat has 8mm uppers and lowers along with 7mm intermediates, so it must not be unusual for the intermediates to be a bit smaller. I don't have the "split" so I can't offer advice, other than when I replace my intermediates, I'm going to up them to 8mm since I can use 3/8" rigging.

Seems to indicate less load on the intermediates, but not clear "how much" less.
Did you make a typo, or are you really going with a big jump from 7mm to 3/8 (which is 9.5mm or 10mm)?
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