Trapeze ropes

Ignore this advice!  Whoever posted this was a complete divvy of the highest magnitude (and a tight git)

Er, so that will be me then.  After 3 years of cheapo trouble free sailing the trap snapped on the knot when I was going mach 9 with my foot in the toeloop.  Cue instant capsize and me dangling over the hull of the boat by my foot, not funny.  Somehow I got out without hurting my foot too badly, however I snapped a carbon stick the second it happened.

I got some groovy hertzog style stuff from P&B, and the best bit is...it's YELLOW!!

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

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!