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Joined: Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:11 pm Posts: 5197 Location: Detroit, MI
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You need to be able to latch the halyard at the top of the mast, so you absolutely need the last foot or so of the halyard to be wire - just like the Comptip halyards.
Otherwise, the rest of it can be made of anything as long as the transition from line to wire is smooth enough to run over the sheave at the top of the mast.
Stretch really isn't an issue, since the load is only carried by that last foot of halyard.
Cleating the halyard off without latching it at the top is a sure recipe for ripping the cleat off the mast.
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