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Overview: This document provides detailed specifications and uses for various types of ropes designed for sailing, particularly focusing on halyards and sheets for cruising and racing. The document includes information on construction, material composition, and performance characteristics of each rope type.

1. HALYARD & SHEET DYNAFIRST (Ref. 597):
- Use: Suitable for cruising and racing as an affordable Dyneema rope.
- Construction: 32 plait polyester cover with a Dyneema® and polypropylene core.
- Features: Offers a good price/quality ratio, lightness, and flexibility.

2. HALYARD & SHEET DYNEESTAR (Ref. 605):
- Use: Designed for high-performance racing.
- Construction: 24 plait polyester cover with a Dyneema® braided core.
- Features: High flexibility, low stretch, and excellent resistance to humidity, UV, and abrasion.

3. SHEET DYNAPRO (Ref. 1611):
- Use: Ideal for mainsheets on catamarans and dinghies.
- Construction: 16 plait high tenacity polypropylene cover with a Dyneema® braided core.
- Features: Buoyant with very light water absorption.

4. SHEET TRIBAL (Ref. 7510):
- Use: Suitable for mainsail sheets, jibs, and spinnakers on dinghies and small catamarans.
- Construction: Hollow braid of Dyneema®/Polyester.
- Features: Light, easy to handle, excellent chafe resistance, and easy to splice.

5. SHEET ARAMADILLO (Ref. 2275):
- Use: High chafe-resistant halyard for competition boats.
- Construction: 32 plait blend of polyester and Aramid-Technora® cover with a Dyneema® core.
- Features: Exceptional chafe resistance and high heat resistance.

6. HALYARD SIROCCO (Ref. 781):
- Use: Racing halyard for dinghies and light cruisers.
- Construction: 24 plait polyester cover with Aramide-Technora® core.
- Features: Virtually no stretch, compact, and flexible.

7. HALYARD ARAMSTAR (Ref. 520):
- Use: Suitable for ocean races and records.
- Construction: 24 plait polyester cover with Aramid-Technora® braided core.
- Features: Exceptional stability, low stretch, and easy to splice.

8. HALYARD VECSTAR (Ref. 97):
- Use: For halyards, spinnaker sheets, runners, and reef points.
- Construction: 24 plait high tenacity polyester cover with Vectran® braided core.
- Features: High resistance to bending fatigue and abrasion.

9. COLOURED DYNALIGHT BRAID (Ref. 12):
- Use: Load transfer devices, lightweight halyards.
- Construction: Dyneema® SK 75 braid with polyurethane coating.
- Features: Easy to splice, non-slippery, excellent abrasion resistance.

10. CABLE KING ROPE (Ref. 21):
- Use: Replaces steel wire ropes for shrouds, stays, and runners.
- Construction: Polyester cover with Aramid-Technora® core.
- Features: Compact, no stretch, lightweight, and high bending resistance.

Key Data: The document includes tables with specifications such as diameter, breaking strength, and weight for each rope type, highlighting their suitability for different applications.

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21/11/05 13:27 Page 6 ? © D. Seguin > Racing mep_cousin2006_anglais Table of use, diameter selection, see pages 12-13 Ø 6 - 10 mm Ø 3-4 mm Ø 3-4 mm Ø 3-4 mm Ø 3-4 mm Ø 5 mm Ø 5 mm Ø 6 mm Ø 6 mm Ø 6 - 10 mm Ø 8 - 12 mm Ø 6 mm Ø 3 - 5 - 8 - 10 mm Ø 4 - 8 - 12 mm Ø 3 - 5 - 8 - 10 mm Ø 8 - 12 mm Ø 4 - 8 - 12 mm > HALYARD & SHEET DYNAFIRST > HALYARD & SHEET DYNEESTAR Ref. 597 Ref. 605 Use : halyard & sheet for cruising, racing. An affordable Dyneema rope. Lightness and flexibility. Construction : cover : 32 plait polyester. Core : Dyneema® and polypropylene 16 plait. Use : racing rope for yachtsmen requiring the highest performances. Construction : cover : 24 plait polyester. Polyester inner cover from ø 6 and +. Core : Dyneema® braided • Ø 3 to 10 : 16 plait • Ø 12 and + : 12 plait COUSIN Trestec uses Dyneema SK 75® (DSM) for its lightness, insensibility to humidity and UV, remarkable abrasion resistance and breaking strength, and high flexibility, very low stretch. The best price /quality ratio Ø 6 mm Ø 6-8-10 mm Ø 8 mm Ø 10 mm Ø 6-8-10 mm > SHEET TRIBAL > SHEET DYNAPRO Ref. 7510 Ref. 1611 Use : mainsail sheet, jib, spi for dinghies, light cruisers, small catamarans. Use : mainsheet, light and performant. Perfectly adapted to equip catamarans and other dinghies. Construction : hollow braid composed by a blend of Dyneema® / Polyester, 16 plaits. Lightness, good handling. Excellent resistance to chafe. Easy to splice. Construction : cover : 16 plait hight tenacity polypropylene. Core : Dyneema® braided. Buoyant, very light water absorption. 6 ® DYNEEMA : registered tradmark “Royal DSM N.V”

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SHEET ARAMADILLO Use : for all competition boats requiring a high chafe resistant halyard for use Construction : cover : 32 plait, blend of polyester and Aramid-Technora®. Polyester inner cover. Dyneema® braided (from the Dyneestar) core : Exceptional resistance to chafing on winches, thanks to its Aramid- Technora® cover. Technora® fiber has high resistance to heat (carbonisation at 450°). High breaking strength, high flexibility. HALYARD SIROCCO (Aramide - Technora® Use : racing halyard for dinghies and light cruisers, all purpose rigging, kicking straps controls. Dinghies control lines. Construction...

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CABLE KING ROPE Use : shrouds, stays, runners : replaces steel and stainless steel wire rope, headsail reefing systems. Construction : cover : polyester Protective polyurethane inner film. Core : braided Aramid-Technora®. Splicing on request by our riggers. y Compact cable with no stretch and a patented polyurethane film. Very compact. Easily spliced. 6 times lighter than steel wire rope, silent. Anti twist construction, and anti torsion. High resistance to bending. Cable KING ROPE KING ROPE COLOURED DYNALIGHT BRAID Use : load transfer dispositives, beckets / strops and tails, lightweight halyards....

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