Compatibility Of Dynex Dux With Ss Wire

[John Stone]

I continue to be intrigued by dynex dux for use as standing rigging. Given the fact that we hope to do significant offshore sailing, after we complete our refit, I have some hesitancy with going exclusively with dynex dux. The boat is 16,000 full keel, Bermuda rigged double headsail sloop, 42” bowsprit, double spreader mast.

Question: Can I mix dynex dux and wire for standing rigging? By that, I mean, if I have ss wire for the standing rigging are there concerns I should be aware of if I desired to substitute dux for the forestay and aft intermediates? I would also use dux, or some other appropriate synthetic line for the runners. The rest of the sanding rigging would be wire.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

[knuterikt]

Originally Posted by John Stone

I continue to be intrigued by dynex dux for use as standing rigging. Given the fact that we hope to do significant offshore sailing, after we complete our refit, I have some hesitancy with going exclusively with dynex dux. The boat is 16,000 full keel, Bermuda rigged double headsail sloop, 42” bowsprit, double spreader mast.

Question: Can I mix dynex dux and wire for standing rigging? By that, I mean, if I have ss wire for the standing rigging are there concerns I should be aware of if I desired to substitute dux for the forestay and aft intermediates? I would also use dux, or some other appropriate synthetic line for the runners. The rest of the sanding rigging would be wire.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Others on this forum have more experience with synthetic rigging than me

Using Dynex dux for runners is not unusual at all.

If you don't trust synthetic rigging why would you mix wire and synthetic for permanently rigged stays?

Using synthetic for removable stays is a good solution.

Colligo Marine make Emergency Shroud Kits http://www.colligomarine.com/Colligo...hroud-Kits.htm that is a good solution, easy to install if needed and easy to store.

[John Stone]

Well, it is not that I don't trust dux, I have no experience with it. Keeping the rig up is one area that I want to remain conservative with till I am confident in the system I rely upon for the safety of the boat and the crew. I have visited the Colligo Marine site over the last two years and in fact had several conversations with John Franta. He has been very helpful and informative. However, other than Andy Schell who speaks highly of dux, I am not reading much about folks that have switched to dux and done extensive offshore sailing with it. Maybe they are out there and thrilled with it . . . but I have not come across that info. Like many sailors, I see a lot of advantages to dux. But, I want to have confidence that it will perform to the level required. Since, I don’t have the kind of info I would like to have, it seemed to me that incorporating it into my current wire rig would be a reasonable way to gain firsthand experience with it. Also, the forestaysail stay and the aft intermediates are not, to my thinking, keeping the mast up. They serve more to keep it in column and they work together to do that—the aft intermediates counter the pull of the forestay. So, this seemed like a reasonable plan to incorporate it. With dux as the forestay, I can use the soft hanks that attach the staysail to the forestay. On the headstay I want to be able to unhook sail hanks with one hand—I don’t think you can do that with the dux soft hanks—I use bronze hanks on wire. But, normally, I keep the staysail hooked to the forestay and bagged on deck. Additionally, the dux forestay will be easier to remove and stow when short tacking with the jib. These are just my thoughts and so I continue to look for some input from those that have experience with dux if this is a reasonable approach to incorporate dux into my rig. I usually go to rule one when doing something new—“Do No Harm.” As a regular reader of this forum I continue to be impressed with the quality of information provided. Thanks again.