Yacht braid

Jade · 11-07-2010, 08:28 AM

I just stumbled across a whack of yacht braid I didn't even know I had kicking around.

The 1.5" stuff is immaculate, and has been figure-8'd up into storage.

There's a few hundred feet of some 1/2" stuff, it appears that the outer covering has been compromised in a few places.

Am I better off to keep that 1/2" stuff as the length it is (keeping in mind that we don't own the big boat anymore, we've a small power boat on a trailer), or cut it down into lengths of UNdamaged rope.... ?

BCBabe · 02-07-2011, 07:51 AM

It's the only rope I'll use out- of- doors anymore. Unless I've got a crab-trap to drop, I hate using polyprop, outright.

That it floats is why I use it with the crab-trap, but it doesn't like to hold knots like yacht braid.

11-07-2010, 08:28 AM	#1
Jade Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 101	Yacht braid I just stumbled across a whack of yacht braid I didn't even know I had kicking around. The 1.5" stuff is immaculate, and has been figure-8'd up into storage. There's a few hundred feet of some 1/2" stuff, it appears that the outer covering has been compromised in a few places. Am I better off to keep that 1/2" stuff as the length it is (keeping in mind that we don't own the big boat anymore, we've a small power boat on a trailer), or cut it down into lengths of UNdamaged rope.... ?

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02-07-2011, 07:51 AM	#2
BCBabe Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 210	It's the only rope I'll use out- of- doors anymore. Unless I've got a crab-trap to drop, I hate using polyprop, outright. That it floats is why I use it with the crab-trap, but it doesn't like to hold knots like yacht braid.