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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/10/2007 :  19:04:19  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
You will probably be happier if you get one size larger than the minimum size the clutch is rated at. Some hard covers make halyards slippery to a clutch if they are the minimum size line. Some time at layline.com is time well spent. This is my favorite page, it is a good one for Catalina 25 people.
http://www.layline.com/llf/cats/cord_05/Performance_Dbl_braids_gray.htm
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/10/2007 :  19:55:44  Show Profile
Also check Boat/US - WestMarine for a good advisor article on converting from wire/rope to all rope. In forty years (I usually say 30+, but I'm older than I think I am} of sailing, I've never had a problem with wire/rope halyards. However, I did convert my last boat. Modern UHMPE fibers are lighter, stronger, and have less stretch than wire. They have a few downsides, including being slippery and a related creep under steady strain. But practically, halyards on our boats are so far below the load limits of 1/4" spectra core lines that it is not an issue

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/10/2007 :  20:03:03  Show Profile
p.s.

tech lines don't like jaws,definately clutches. And fhopper is right on, a clutch will never hold a tech that is the clutch's minimum size
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Aceguy
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Response Posted - 02/10/2007 :  23:24:09  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by fhopper@mac.com</i>
<br />Some time at layline.com is time well spent.
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I just spent an hour there. I learned alot, but I think just enough to be a little more confused about which one to use than when I started.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/11/2007 :  07:36:40  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
But now when you call them and ask their advise you will be qualified to understand what they suggest and you will feel good about what you and the consultant agree on.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 02/13/2007 :  12:35:29  Show Profile
Hi Bill,

Welcome to the forum... good to have another septuagenarian stepping up to the plate. I was feeling kinda isolated here til now. Born in '30. Wonder if there are any other seventy-ish sailors on board?

Val on the hard DAGNABIT # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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Fantasy II
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Response Posted - 02/13/2007 :  15:37:57  Show Profile
Hey, Val,

I'm sure that we are not the only over 70 skippers in the group! The nice thing about sailing is that you can usually do it for years and years. No more ocean voyages in store, but inland sailing has its pleasures as well.

This boat is my third Catalina 25 (I've had others, too, along the way) and both my wife of over 50 years and myself fell in love with the boat many years ago. We first bought a new 25 (Fantasy) in the early 70's, sailed first on Folsom Lake here in CA, then moved to the Sacramento / San Joaquin river delta, and finally to San Diego, where we sold that one upon transfer back to No. CA.

The second 25 was purchased on the Sacramento river, but we never had time to re-name it before my knees gave out, resulting in total replacements! Stayed away from sailing for a while, but the bug never goes away, so we now are back in a '81 boat and are enjoying refurbishing and updating her.

I know Patchogue, too - grew up on L.I. around Hempstead (East Meadow). Most of my family still live on the Island - I was the only one to "desert" NY and relocate to the other coast But the weather out here is much more conducive to sailing and we're staying!

Curious as to when you can put your boat back in the water, Val - around Easter, I Guess?
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