braided dacron halyard -- twisting

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Originally Posted by knuterikt

What kind of core does your new halyard have, braid or laid?

I'll have to check....I think braid. Would that make a differance? Also when I'm making up the line after the sail is hauled up, I;ve been starting at the cleat and laying the the fig. 8's....I usually don't have problems with it running out when I lower the sail but when I haul it up, you can see the parts starting to twist, in fact it was noticable after the first couple of times when I first rigged her. In fact, I wasn't making the halyard up while testing....I was just hauling and lowering the sail..... I was looking at the Junk Rig Bible and they use braided and suggest coiling it clockwise. If its going in a bag instead of hanging on a cleat they start at the bitter end and begin faking it into the bag....so if I'm faking it in my hand and starting at the cleat would that be the cause??? thanks for any help.