Spare halyard--what's the best line?

[Dan Lehman]

Originally Posted by Stumble

Personally I won't use Dacron for much of anything, since it stretches a ton, and has a poor lifespan due to uv damage, and age weakening. Plus it looses strength when wet... It just seems a poor material for use in marine environments. I would go with at least sta-set since it holds up better.

You must have mis-typed, and mean "nylon" vice "Dacron"
--for what you cite is true only of the former, not the latter.

As for the imperviousness of HMPE to UV degradation, I've read
conflicting accounts of that, including tests of quick-draws used
by rockclimbers left on climbs showing more strength loss than
similarly exposed nylon ones (!).

--dl*
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