[Public-List] Roller Furler Luff Rope and Dacron Twisting

[Michael]

You are making me feel old. All my sails are built using 3 strand.
So, somewhat related, wouldn't hi tech, aramid fibers be inappropriate 
particularly for head sail luffs? I'm a hank on fan so I don't know 
about roller furler adjusting, but some stretch here allows moving the 
draft around?

Michael G
#220

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>But seriously, it sounds to me as if there was something up with the 
>luff
>rope. How old is the sail? Do you know the material of the last line? 
>Is it
>three strand or some sort of braided line? It sounds as if it is 3 
>strand -
>which might make it an older sail as I cannot believe they still use 
>three
>strands in a luff line of a jib.
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