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Yatching Ropes Catalogue

Yatching Ropes Catalogue
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Yatching Ropes Catalogue

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Cousin Trestec is a prominent French manufacturer specializing in yachting ropes, with a history spanning over 160 years. The company is recognized for its expertise and innovation in producing high-performance ropes.
Expertise & Innovation
Cousin Trestec manages all manufacturing processes internally, including yarn production and impregnation techniques, ensuring adherence to stringent technical standards and quality control for ultra-performing ropes.
Mooring & Anchoring
  • Polyamide Rope: Known for easy splicing, high resistance, and shock absorption, ideal for mooring and anchoring.
  • Polyester Rope: Offers excellent seawater and UV resistance, low extension, and remains soft.
  • Polypropylene Traditional Rope: Rot-resistant, floats, and UV treated, used for classic boat rigging and decoration.
  • Polyamide Squareline: High resistance and shock absorption, suitable for premium mooring lines.
  • Futuna: Soft and easy to handle, effective for dynamic mooring lines.
  • Flashline: Soft, floating, and visible on water, used for tow and rescue lines.
  • Flatline: Compact and easy to splice, used for mooring and anchor lines.
  • Braided Lead Line & Leaded Anchor Rope: Features a leaded core for stability, facilitating mooring handling.
Racing
  • Dyneestar & Dynalight: High resistance, low extension ropes for halyards and sheets.
  • Dynasty Pro: Available with mixed or polyester cover, offering high performance for race boat halyards and sheets.
  • Dynapro & Tribal: Lightweight and hydrophobic, suitable for mainsheets and spinnaker sheets.
  • Aramstar: Utilizes aramide fiber for reliability and high performance, ideal for offshore racing.
  • All Black & King Rope: Textile alternatives to steel, providing stability and easy splicing for load handling and rigging.
Dinghies & Cruising
Includes ropes like Braidline, Rafale, Equinoxe, and others designed for various sailing needs, focusing on ease of handling and durability.
Splicing & Sailmaking
Offers specialized ropes and accessories such as Dyneema® Extra Cover, Soft Shackles, and sewing threads for sailmaking and rigging.
Conclusion
Cousin Trestec offers a comprehensive range of ropes for yachting, emphasizing innovation, quality, and performance to meet the needs of sailors and racers globally.
Product Overview
This document details specifications and uses for various ropes and marine equipment, focusing on dinghies and cruising applications. It includes information on construction, performance characteristics, and recommended uses for each product.
1. Braidline (Ref. 961):
- Features: Very soft, excellent abrasion resistance, comfortable handling, easy to splice.
- Uses: Sheets, halyards, downhauls, uphauls.
- Construction: Double braid with polyester core and cover.
- Specifications: Available in diameters from 6mm to 32mm with varying breaking strengths and weights.
2. Rafale (Ref. 750):
- Features: Excellent handling, very soft, high breaking strength, excellent holding in clutches.
- Uses: High-end halyards, downhaul, uphaul, halyards tails.
- Construction: 32 plait polyester braided cover with a twisted core.
3. Equinoxe (Ref. 790):
- Features: Pre-stretched halyard, low extension, excellent resistance to chafe.
- Uses: All-purpose control lines, dinghies, and windsurfers.
- Construction: 16 plait polyester braided cover with parallel yarns core.
4. Sirocco (Ref. 781):
- Features: Very light and soft, floats, high resistance to abrasion.
- Uses: Halyards and sheets, spinnaker light sheets, safety lines.
- Construction: 16 plait multifilament polypropylene braided cover with high tenacity core.
5. Challenge (Ref. 577):
- Features: High resistance in clutches, perfect stability under load.
- Uses: All-purpose control lines, dinghies, and sport-boats halyards.
- Construction: 16 plait polyester braided cover with Technora® core.
6. Dyneema® Extra Cover:
- Features: Best for resistance to abrasion, wide choice of colors.
- Uses: Protective extra cover on lines used in racing.
- Construction: 32 plait tubular braided Dyneema®.
7. Textile Clutches (CONSTRICTOR®):
- Features: Three times lighter, twice the breaking strength of conventional clutches.
- Uses: Alternative to steel shackles, suitable for various marine applications.
- Construction: Made of Aramid Technora® sock and Dyneema® release lanyard.
8. Additional Products:
- Soft Shackle Kit: Easy to use, lightweight, no corrosion.
- Polyamide and Polyester Braids: Multi-purpose, excellent resistance to UV and chemicals.
- Sewing Thread and Whipping Twine: High tenacity polyester, suitable for sail making and repairs.
Conclusion: The document highlights the versatility and high performance of Cousin Trestec's marine ropes and accessories, emphasizing their suitability for both racing and cruising applications.
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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-2

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-3

MOORING & ANCHORING polyamide squareline PAGE 5 braided lead line PAGE 7 leaded anchor rope PAGE 7 ►dyneestar ► dynalight ► dynasty pro polyester cover ► dynasty pro mixed cover ► dynapro ► tribal ► aramstar ► all black ► king rope DINGHIES & CRUISING SPLICING & SAILMAKING ► dyneema® extra cover PAGE 19 polyamide braid 4874 PAGE 21 polyester braid 966 PAGE 21 nylon netting for bulwark protection PAGE 22 thread “CVN WERCORD” PAGE 22 MINI REELS TEXTILE CLUTCHES a** PAGE 26

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-4

Polyamide Rope Ref. tn 3 strand EASY TO SPLICE, VERY SOFT, HIGH RESISTANCE. WITH A WELL BALANCED CONSTRUCTION IT DOES NOT KINK. HIGH STRETCH AND SHOCK ABSORBTION. DOES NOT FLOAT. ► USE Mooring line, spring line, anchor line. CONSTRUCTION 3 strand polyamide. EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO POLLUTING AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS. VERY GOOD RESISTANCE TO SEAWATER AND UV. LOW EXTENSION. ALWAYS REMAINS SOFT WHATEVER THE SEA CONDITIONS. ► USE Mooring, anchoring, gangways... CONSTRUCTION 3 strand high tenacity polyester. Available as a pre-spliced set including 30 m of rope with an eye spliced on a plastic thimble....

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-5

Polypropylene traditional rope Ref. 3 strand “hemp like” ROT RESISTANT AND FLOATING. UV TREATED. VERY COMFORTABLE HANDLING. ABRASION RESISTANT. HEMP LIKE. ► USE Classic boats rigging. Decoration, gym equipment. CONSTRUCTION 3 strand multifilament polypropylene. VERY SOFT, GOOD STRETCH CAPACITY AND HIGH RESISTANCE. VERY GOOD SHOCK ABSORBTION. EASY TO SPLICE ON A CHAIN, DOES NOT TWIST, DOES NOT KINK. EASY HANDLING. ► USE High end mooring lines. Ideal as anchor line. Works well on windlasses. CONSTRUCTION 8 strand polyamide.

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-6

VERY SOFT, FLOATING, VISIBLE ON THE WATER. VERY SOFT AND EASY TO HANDLE. COVER RESITANT TO CHAFE AND WEAR. EASY TO COIL, COMPACT. COMFORTABLE HANDLING. EFFICIENT AND EASY TO SPLICE. ► USE Dynamic mooring line which does not necessarily require shock absorbers. CONSTRUCTION 24 plait polyamide braided cover. High stretch polyamide braided core. ► USE Tow line for small boats (dinghies), rescue line, life buoys. CONSTRUCTION 16 plait multifilament polypropylene. HANDLING RESISTANCE SPLICE EXTENSION HANDLING RESISTANCE VERY SOFT, COMPACT, EASY TO SPLICE. *Gold/marine mix color available only...

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-7

Braided lead line FACILITATES MOORING HANDLING IN HARBOURS WITH CHAIN MOORING. ► CONSTRUCTION Polyester cover, 0 8 mm, leaded core. MOORING & ANCHORING

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-8

LIGHT AND FREE RUNNING, THIS HALYARD SHOWS AN EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO ABRASION WITH LOW EXTENSION. THE INTERMEDIATE COVER BETWEEN CORE AND COVER BRINGS EXCEPTIONNAL STABILITY AND LONGEVITY. ► USE High-end halyards and sheets for every demanding sailor. CONSTRUCTION 24 plait polyester cover. Intermediate cover. HMPE (high modulus polyethylene) braided core. HALYARD WITH A HIGH RESISTANCE CLOSE TO STEEL. VERY SOFT. VERY STABLE UNDER LOAD. EASY AND QUICK TO SPLICE. EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO WEAR, FLEXING AND ABRASION. ► USE Heavy load handling, soft shackles, spinnaker sheets, halyards. Extra cover is...

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-9

Dynasty Pro mixed cover technora®- polyester Ref. 612 PARENT PRODUCT OF OUR DYNALINE. WITHOUT INTERMEDIATE COVER, THE CORE IS PU COATED FOR EASY TAPERING. PERFECTLY STABLE, IT IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE HALYARD. ► USE Racing halyards and sheets. CONSTRUCTION Dynalight PU coated core with a 24 plait cover. HIGH RESISTANCE TO HEAT AND CHAFE THANKS TO THE USE OF A MIXED COVER POLYESTER / BLACK TECHNORA®. ► USE Ultra performing race boat halyards and sheets working even on tough winches. Excellent holding in clutches. CONSTRUCTION Highly pre streched Dynalight core with PU coating, compact mixed polyester...

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-10

LIGHTWEIGHT, THIS HYDROPHOBIC ROPE HELPS ACHIEVE MANOEUVRES WITH EASE. A VERY UNIQUE ROPE WITH EXCEPTIONNAL HANDLING. USE Mainsheet, jibs, spinnaker sheets for dinghies, sport catamarans, day-boats. USE Mainsheet, jibs, spinnaker sheets for dinghies, sport catamarans, day-boats. Perfectly suitable for light boats and catamarans. CONSTRUCTION plait braided cover. Dyneema® 16 and coloured Polyester blend core. CONSTRUCTION plait multifilament polypropylene 16 cover. Dyneema® braided core. RESISTANCE PRÉHENSION Tribal Dynapro STABILITY ÉPISSURE RÉSISTANCE COLOURS RÉSISTANCE COLOURS

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-11

THE USE OF ARAMIDE FIBER IN THE CORE BRINGS RELIABILITY, STABILLITY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE TO THIS ROPE. This is the rope for offshore races and records as well as blue ocean racing (mainly on boats requiring purchases on main halyards, such as on multihulls...). 24 plait polyester braided cover. Technora® core. RESISTANCE • PRICE STABILITY

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-13

THE IDEAL TEXTILE ALTERNATIVE TO STEEL. NO EXTENSION AT ALL. GOOD RESISTANCE TO UV. EASY TO SPLICE. THIS VERY STIFF AND COMPACT HIGH TECH CABLE SURPRISES BY ITS GREAT STABILITY UNDER LOAD AND ITS ANTITORSION CAPACITY. EASY TO SPLICE. A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO STEEL CABLE. ► USE Load handling, soft shackle, spinnaker-sheet, bobstay and load points on sails. All-purpose, can be used as a halyard. ► CONSTRUCTION 12 plait black Technora1 with PU coating. ► USE Standing rigging (backstays, running backstays), furlers, dinghies, gennakers. ► CONSTRUCTION High tenacity Polyester, finely braided. Intermediate...

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Yatching Ropes Catalogue-14

VERY SOFT. EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO ABRASION. COMFORTABLE HANDLING. EASY TO SPLICE. THE UNIVERSAL MULTIPURPOSE ROPE. ► USE Sheets, halyards, downhauls, uphauls. ► CONSTRUCTION Double braid. Polyester core and cover.

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