Ropes Guide

Ropes and Rigging Guide

This table gives the lengths, sizes and rope types for every rope on the boat, making it easy to replace a rope.

Please note that some of the following lengths and sizes may differ slightly from those supplied with a new boat, as many sailors find that they prefer a little more slack in a rope. If you are happy with the length of the rope you are replacing, it may be safest to measure it before you buy!

The "Rope type" refers to Marlow products as these are the most commonly available, and mainly used on the boat when new.

Excel Lite = Dyneema core, light weight, low water absorption rope for sheets.

Excel Racing = Dyneema core, very low stretch and high strength, hard wearing, used where stretch and strength are important.

Excel Pro = Polyester core, used where stretch and strength are less important. (Pro is also a lot cheaper, so some sailors may wish to use this in place of Excel Racing for some applications)

	Length	Diameter	Rope type	Notes
	(m)	(mm)	(Marlow)
Mainsheet	7.5	8, 9 or 10	Excel Lite	8.5m if you use an additional purchase
Traveller line	1.3	8 or 9	Excel Lite
Spinnaker sheet	8.3	8	Excel Lite
Mainsheet strop	0.75	6	Excel Racing
Spinnaker halyard	17.6	4	Excel Racing
Spinnaker tack line	2.75	4	Excel Racing
Spinnaker bridle	2.6	5	Excel Racing
Spinnaker bridle restrainer	1.6-1.8	2 or 3	Excel Racing	Length depends on how you set this
Forestay lacings x 2	1.2 each	3	Excel Racing
Downhaul line	5.75	5	Excel Pro
Downhaul tails x 2	1.0 each	5	Excel Pro
Rotation line	4.8	5	Excel Pro
Trapeze shock cord	2.5	4	Shock cord	Un-stretched length
Main halyard	16	4	Excel Pro
Trampoline lacing	4.3	4	Excel Racing	(3.5 mm diameter is better if you can get it)
Spinnaker block ropes x 2	1.6 each	4	Excel Racing	(3.5 mm diameter is better if you can get it)
Trampoline side lacings x 2	1.0 each	3	Excel Racing
Trapeze lines x 2	0.88 each	5	Excel Pro

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