Thanks for the reply Brion. I see what you are talking about with the 3/8 double braid so that is out. I am not sure I understand what you are saying about the HM. Let me see if I have this correct:
Say I need a 90 foot halyard which is 40 feet of 3/16 HM core showing and 50 feet of covered line only some of which needs to be full bulk. When reefed I need 55 feet of core to go up the mast 6 feet, around the sheave, down, around the winch and cleat and have 5 feet beyond that as a safety factor all well stitched. That means that the first 15 feet of the covered section needs to have a HM core. To make this I would get 55 feet of covered HM like Warp Speed, and 35 feet of 3/8 XLS. I would take the core out of the XLS and splice it to the core of the HM (an added touch) and then pull out 40 feet of core of the HM from the other end, stitching generously the last several feet near the splice of the buried core. Then I would take the 35 feet of 3/8 XLS cover and put it over the halyard starting at my transition and going down, leaving the end 15 feet thinner where it doesn't matter as the loads are light for that part of the hoist.
Is that what you meant?
You also say that putting 3/16 Amsteel inside a 3/8 NE Regatta Braid would work. It is good to hear that would work but I have had bad luck with Regatta Braid snagging so am not a fan. That is what got me to wondering about Tenex, which is a 12 strand but treated so it won't snag. However, it might be too stiff. It is very cheap and strong, both desirable qualities. Do you have any opinion specifically about using Tenex as the cover with 3/16 Amsteel buried in it? I have a sample of Tenex on the way. It it is too stiff, I might try running it through the washing machine.
Allen
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Originally Posted by Brion Toss
Hi,
Sorry to have been so long in replying. You have a number of options for dealing with this halyard. It might be possible to thread it inside a cored 3/8" line, but aside from the difficulty you'd likely have a too-stiff rope. Another option is to use covered HM with a 3/16" core, and pull that into just the cover of 3/8" double-braid. This should be easier, and acceptably fat. You could even strip the HM cover off much of the core rope, so that it was less bulky when the loads are low, early in the hoist, and big diameter isn't so important. And, further , you could leave some of the original core intact, saving on expensive core.
Inside Regatta works well for runners (that's how we do it), but you'll have to whip or serve the Regatta end down to the HM, and this juncture could be vulnerable to chafe. It'll be the same with any line too fat to bury into the HM. You'd also need to bury the HM a long ways, so that it is past the stopper and/or winch even when you are reefed. And even then you'll want to stitch generously, so the core doesn't want to slip as you hoist. As above, the HM needn't run the entire length of the cover.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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