[Rhodes22-list] short inhaul line - How about a professional answer?

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A 12 foot nylon line to loose 3 feet of length when water soaked...  never on 
planet Earth. 
 
Burt  

 
In a message dated 1/21/2009 10:36:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
j.bulfer at jbtek.com writes:

does  that mean if I soak it, I can stretch it?
Jb
----- Original Message  ----- 
From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
To:  <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:24  PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] short inhaul line - How about a  professional
answer?


>
>
> Folks,
>
>  Here is a professional answer about whether line shrinks or it is a  matter
> of how tight we wrap the sail around the  furler:
>
> Ed,
>
> On shrinkage after use. Samson's  competitors use cheap Nylon in a 2
> stage process and will shrink.  Samson uses a 4 stage process where we
> will have no shrinkage in our  nylon line.
>
> You can take a 12ft piece of nylon rope from our  competitors and Samson
> rope and put them both in a bucket of water and  go to lunch and when you
> come back you'll notice that 12ft. piece from  the other guys is now 9ft.
> and Samson is still at  12ft.
>
> Also Nylon should be soft and not  hard...!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kyle Garcia
> Rec  Marine CSR
> PH: 800-227-7673 x 113
> Fax:  800-299-9246
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alta  Lomayma
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:24 AM
> To: Kyle  Garcia
> Subject: FW: Technical Question - Marine  use
>
>  Best Regards
>
>  Alta  Lomayma
> Receptionist
>
> www.samsonrope.com
> 2090  Thornton St.
> Ferndale, WA 98248
> Tel: +1 360-384-4669 / Fax: +  1 360-384-0572
>
> So now was the line using cheap nylon?   Was the line hard?  Any other
> questions can be addressed to  Kyle.
>
> Ed K
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