source of High strength 25mm polyester webbing for Jackstays?

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+1 for Jimmy Green. I bought mine from there, made to measure and with loops sewn in.

Which reminds me. They are 17 years old and perhaps ought to be replaced, although they appear fine and have been stored away every winter.
 

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+1 for Jimmy Green. I bought mine from there, made to measure and with loops sewn in.

Which reminds me. They are 17 years old and perhaps ought to be replaced, although they appear fine and have been stored away every winter.

Surveyor gave me a shock some years ago when he checked ours which looked perfect. He put two fingers into the sewn loop and pulled it apart with little effort, the stitching was rotten:eek:.
 

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rotten stitching... eeish.. One reason for replacing, ensuring what you have was sewn with UV resistant thread..

.. and out of interest, GrahamM376 - Was your loop stitching in a different colour to the colour of the webbing itself?

Sorry - Just re-read your post.. I'd not remember years later what colour the stitching had been :(
 
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The supplier mentioned earlier in the thread appears to sell 2000kgf breaking strain webbing. I have found in the past this is much thinner in section and feel than the 3000kgf breaking strain webbing.

Could be worth noting if whatever you order looks thinner than your existing jackstays and you wonder why.
 

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Surveyor gave me a shock some years ago when he checked ours which looked perfect. He put two fingers into the sewn loop and pulled it apart with little effort, the stitching was rotten:eek:.

Sewn jackstays, in the Med, are safe for about 3 years, even with UV resistant thread because of the shock loading when someone goes overboard is a lot greater than one can exert with a finger.
ORC requires them to returned through a slit, before being sewn. I'm surprised they're being sold with a straight stitched loop.
 

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Not used them before.. But there appears to be a place called Cygnus Sails that have 3000kg webbing at £1.20/m
https://www.cygnus-sails.com/item-Polyester_25mm_3000Kg.html
Let us know how you get on and who you use please.. :)

I bought some of this from Cygnus last year, it seems fine, not that I have strength tested it. Looks just like our local chandler sells for about 3x the price. Before that I bought some ready made Lalizas ones from Force 4, they were so thin I sent them back. This stuff is much thicker.
(I ordered it one afternoon and it arrived next day - excellent.)
 
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Hi All,
has anybody bought High Strength 25mm polyester webbing suitable for jackstays, in UK recently?

Thank you everybody.
For info: I bought it from Cygnus Sails at £1.2 per m.
50% stronger and 1/2 the price of the Chandlery quote I received.

No doubt about it, if you want to know about boating stuff, as a sailor.

Tks again everybody.

Brendan
 

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We take ours off, and re attach them before we go out. Even so they are still faded. I'm going to go down the SS Wire route, but cover them with old outer cover from rope to stop them rolling under foot.

Then they'll last for ages, and I can leave them permanently attached :)
 

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We take ours off, and re attach them before we go out. Even so they are still faded. I'm going to go down the SS Wire route, but cover them with old outer cover from rope to stop them rolling under foot.

Then they'll last for ages, and I can leave them permanently attached :)

used wire once - never again . Any thing as hard as that will be really dangerous as the wire core will allow the thing to roll even with the outer covering
Rope flattens better so why bother with the wire???
 
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