youen
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Who knows Gleistein Tasmania 10 mm,I intend to use it as mainsheet for a 30 m2 mainsail with an Easymatic 8:1 tackle .How is it if you compare with 8 mm Dyneema.
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Plevier
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It's braid on braid polyester not like Dyneema
http://www.gleistein.com/en-geo-yacht-productsheet-for-rope-product/tasmania
http://www.gleistein.com/en-geo-yacht-productsheet-for-rope-product/tasmania
youen
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Do you think 10 mm will strech much more than 8mm dyneema?
Plevier
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Yes - but why not look up the figures on the Gleistein website? (Or any other rope maker, they'll be similar for the same material and construction.)
youen
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I is because SVB offer and Easymatic tackle 8:1 with Gleistein Tasmania rope included
Plevier
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If you look at http://www.gleistein.com/en-geo-yacht-ropes-for-application-with-boattype/cruising/sheets/main Tasmania is their economy recommendation for cruising yachts, with 4 more grades superior to it, and when you go to their racing page http://www.gleistein.com/en-geo-yacht-ropes-for-application-with-boattype/racing/sheets/main there are another 6 grades.
How can you justify 10 different grades of rope for a mainsheet?
Only you know whether it matters for your level of sailing.
If you have an 8 part sheet and 30 sq m sail you'll probably never have more than 80kg rope tension, less if it's end of boom sheeting. How are you going to pull more than that anyway? Gorilla crew?
How much stretch will that be?
Is main sheet stretch a huge factor in performance? Probably irrelevant for me!
(I only know about Gleistein because I've just bought a boat that lists all sorts of weird names of their ropes in the owners' handbook and I had to look them up to see what they are!! Guess what - the mainsheet is 10mm Tasmania and that's for a 42 sq m sail, end of boom sheeting.)
How can you justify 10 different grades of rope for a mainsheet?
Only you know whether it matters for your level of sailing.
If you have an 8 part sheet and 30 sq m sail you'll probably never have more than 80kg rope tension, less if it's end of boom sheeting. How are you going to pull more than that anyway? Gorilla crew?
How much stretch will that be?
Is main sheet stretch a huge factor in performance? Probably irrelevant for me!
(I only know about Gleistein because I've just bought a boat that lists all sorts of weird names of their ropes in the owners' handbook and I had to look them up to see what they are!! Guess what - the mainsheet is 10mm Tasmania and that's for a 42 sq m sail, end of boom sheeting.)
