Application of synthetic rigging

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Hi,

I've just cruised from SF to Panama over ten months with synthetic rigging, and have had no troubles with it yet. I used polyester covered Vectran to insure against chafe, but the poly still looks real new, not fuzzy. As to coming about in a stiff breeze, I so ordered my rigging that lines don't scrape on each other when doing so.
So far, HM gets my thumbs up.
Best,
Ben
Oh yes: I try to refrain from scraping at my shrouds with knives and sharp bits of glass, and vandals seem mostly to be after the outboard engine--they are not there for gratuitous damage but to get stuff.