Trapeze ropes

I'm not convinced there's any benefit from using rope.

Get a thin enough wire and it's probably about the same weight as wet rope, rope wears quicker than wire, rope is more likely to tangle, rope is (guessing) more expensive.

I guess you can make it all yourself which is and advantage of sorts, it probably wears sails less as well.

What have I overlooked that makes it attractive?

I am looking to replace my trapeze lines with rope.

Would you recommend D12, V12 or Excel Vectran

The D12 and V12 allow an adjustable splice

What diameter would you recommend I am thinking or 3mm!

i used 2.5mm holt vectran stuff on my 600. I havn't had any issues so far (half a season).

I'd make the splices a generous length at each end, that way if you spot any points that are wearing a bit, you can just move the entire rope up or down a bit and there will be a fresh bit of rope where the wear point is - an extra meter either end is a lot cheaper than an entriely new bit of rope, seems to work for me.

On the windage side of things, would there really be much difference between a 2mm bit of wire and a 3mm bit of rope? aren't most shreouds 3mm anyway? can't remember how big the 600 ones are.

Cheers