Vinyl Coated Wire
So we have some old runners from a pearson 365 in the shop, something we changed out for dyneema earlier this spring. Anyway, I am teaching some of the new riggers how to splice wire so I have one strip the cover off this old cable to use for splicing - the vinyl jacket of the wire was completely intact with no cracks or rust showing, however the cable under was totally toast- broken strands galore- anyway...
Never trust coated cable is the lesson I suppose I had been in the habit of saying if the cover was intact the cable was probably okay, but I suppose now we say anything over 5 years is junk....?
whats your rule
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Brian Duff
BVI Yacht Sales, Tortola
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