Hi Brian. I wasn't trying to bad mouth either New England Ropes or the use of dyneema as standing rigging. I had not had any experience with STS and my original question for NER was whether the gooey coating was correct for the product or not; the two samples I ordered were very different. They then offered to replace the gooey stuff. I followed up by providing details regarding the West Marine order so the rep could track down the spool, didn't hear anything, sent follow up email, nothing, called left message, nothing. So maybe this rep has left the company, who knows, could be anything. My question for this forum before pursuing it any further is whether the gooey-ness is correct or not.
I offer my "fussy" experience for the DIYer considering dyneema. If I had to do it again it would be much easier. You obviously have the process down so it's a different story. I'll be keeping the dyneeema shrouds and would do it it again. The forestay has the predicted longer term wear issue, but also standard sized hanks were hanging up on the splice at the turnbuckle. This could also be addressed, but if one already has an inventory of sails then it gets to being a lot of addressing. There's ~3 lbs. of difference between rod and dyneema forestays on this particular rig and I decided I'm okay with that trade-off.
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10-15-2016, 08:31 AM
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