Synthetic fibres -- objective performance ratings?

[Bob Pingel]

I have sold a bit of PBO standing rigging. There is no exposed PBO, the terminals are sortof headed and glued -- most like a Cast Lock. The balance of the PBO is covered with a thick plastic tubing.

Don't expect a lot of splice tech detail in the SAIL story. I can only assume that whoever spliced was better at the core-to-core than with a double braid splice -- maybe variables in core bury, taper, etc.

Bob