Shore Lines - Polyprop or Polyest?

[Tim Good]

Looks like a good product and price but personally I loathe 3-strand ropes, does anyone know of an equivalent in Octoplait or similar ?

Thanks,

Boo2

Are you thinking of horrible 3 strand nylon that goes stiff as a brush?

 

[Boo2]

Are you thinking of horrible 3 strand nylon that goes stiff as a brush?

Yes, but 3-strand quite generally is unwieldy, I find.

Boo2

 

[jdc]

... but 3-strand quite generally is unwieldy, I find. Boo2

I rather prefer it to braid-on-braid ropes but do admit that octo-plait is excellent and probably even better than 3-strand for mooring and anchoring. However for some reason I can't fathom it seems that octo-plait poly[rop ropes like seasteel - which are used for mooring ropes by probably the majority of commercial vessels - is only available in huge sizes, iirc 32mm dia being the smallest. I really want to use about 25mm for my mooring strop but can't find any! 32 mm doesn't really suit my cleats.

Back to braid-on-braid: I don't like it for mooring lines because it's difficult to splice and once spliced one has no means to inspect the splice: it could be just hanging on with little or no integrity, or perfectly sound, but how can one tell?