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Isn't the oversizing to avoid reduce creep? 
In Response To: Cost is comparable to stainless wire ()
"Brion Toss wrote to size it for 2.5x the rated breaking strength of the stainless it replaces, for safety factor."
I thought the oversizing was to reduce the creep and stretch inherent in the material. I used DynexDux for my inner stay and hank with soft hanks a storm jib on it. So far, so good.
Paul L
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- Synthetic rigging
- The issues I wonder about are...
- Cost is comparable to stainless wire
- Isn't the oversizing to avoid reduce creep?
- What cruiser replaces his rigging every 5 to 6 years?
- For the cruiser there are specific applications
- They don't know the life expectancy
- Isn't the oversizing to avoid reduce creep?
- SS wire is conductive, Polymers aren't ... what about lightning?
- Cost is comparable to stainless wire
- The issues I wonder about are...
