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Peterduck
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Re: hemp lookalike

01/04/2008 19:09

Yes, I'm afraid that you're right. When I bought my old ketch the previous owner had rigged it with hemp-looking polyprop. Five years of Sydney sunshine had reduced it to powder whenever I tried to handle one of the ropes. I re-rigged with 3-strand polyester had had no further trouble.
Peter

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hemp lookalike	Mariposa	31/03/2008 21:16
Re: hemp lookalike	dylan	01/04/2008 17:38
Re: hemp lookalike	bodfish	01/04/2008 16:00
Re: hemp lookalike	Mariposa	01/04/2008 17:49
Re: hemp lookalike	Peterduck	01/04/2008 19:09
Re: hemp lookalike	Mariposa	01/04/2008 19:20
Re: hemp lookalike	johnchampion	01/04/2008 23:17
Re: hemp lookalike	Mariposa	01/04/2008 23:23
Re: hemp lookalike	johnchampion	02/04/2008 09:24
Re: hemp lookalike	Mariposa	02/04/2008 10:13
Re: hemp lookalike	Clifford_Pope	02/04/2008 13:02
Re: hemp lookalike	Roach1948	04/04/2008 00:32
Re: hemp lookalike	Mariposa	02/04/2008 17:44
Re: hemp lookalike	Clifford_Pope	03/04/2008 08:22
Re: hemp lookalike	johnchampion	03/04/2008 10:10
Re: hemp lookalike	misty56	03/04/2008 09:08
Re: hemp lookalike	Casey	02/04/2008 16:49
Re: hemp lookalike	Alastairdent	29/04/2008 15:32
Re: hemp lookalike	Casey	29/04/2008 22:43
Re: hemp lookalike	Clifford_Pope	02/04/2008 09:40
Re: hemp lookalike	Chrusty1	31/03/2008 22:34
Re: hemp lookalike	KenMcCulloch	31/03/2008 22:25

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