J/80 running rigging
All classesEvery line on the boat: what the class rules, builders, riggers and rope makers name for it, and the rope we stock for each. We show what the sources say and add no tuning advice of our own. Sizes are rope diameters.
- lines
- 14lines
- stocked
- 13stocked
- with an exact match
- 2with an exact match
- sources
- 13sources
Exact the rope the source namesAnalogue same fibre, heat-set, cover, sizeNearest closest we stock, differing attribute namedNot stocked not in our range
The picks for this class are as the sources report them; fewer of them were re-read than for J/70.
Halyards 3 lines
Main halyard
Class rule: class minimum 8 mm2Common ground
Dyneema (SK78/Spectra) core with polyester cover, 8 mm; class minimum 8 mm
Typical: Shackle spliced at the sail end (high-tech eye splice), reeving eye on the working end. We splice to order.
What each source names (2)· sources differ, shown side by side
Jib halyard
Class rule: class minimum 6 mm2Common ground
Dyneema core, polyester cover, 8 mm (class minimum 6 mm)
Typical: Eye splice at the sail end for the furler swivel shackle, reeving eye on the working end. We splice to order.
What each source names (2)· sources differ, shown side by side
Spinnaker (gennaker) halyard
Class rule: class minimum 6 mm2Common ground
6-8 mm; polyester (J/Boats) versus Dyneema/polyester (WCS); class minimum 6 mm
Typical: Swivel snap shackle with stopper ball on the working end, reeving eye on the cleated end (WCS). We splice to order.
What each source names (2)· sources differ, shown side by side
Sheets 3 lines
Mainsheet
Class rule: class minimum 8 mm2Common ground
8-10 mm; Dyneema-core racing version (Robline Admiral 5000 8 mm) or polyester (J/Boats 10 mm, NER Sta-Set 8 mm cruising); class minimum 8 mm
Typical: High-tech eye splice at the boom end (upper fiddle block), end whip on the working end. We splice to order.
What each source names (3)· sources differ, shown side by side
Jib sheet (continuous)
Class rule: class minimum 8 mm2Common ground
10 mm in all product sources; class minimum 8 mm; Dyneema-core (Admiral 5000) or polyester (Sta-Set, J/Boats)
Typical: End whips; luggage tag at centre to the clew. We splice to order.
What each source names (3)· sources differ, shown side by side
Spinnaker (gennaker) sheets
Class rule: class minimum 4 mm2Common ground
Polyester 10 mm in the J/Boats list; Marlow D2 Race 8 mm Dyneema core in WCS; class minimum 4 mm
Typical: Y-style: sail ends stripped/buried and joined with a brummel into one pigtail; end whips. We splice to order.
What each source names (2)· sources differ, shown side by side
Control lines 8 lines
Tack line (gennaker)
Class rule: class minimum 8 mm2Common ground
8 mm; polyester (J/Boats) versus Dyneema-core (WCS); class minimum 8 mm
Typical: End whips. We splice to order.
What each source names (2)· sources differ, shown side by side
Bowsprit control line
Class rule: class minimum 8 mm2Common ground
Class minimum 8 mm; J/Boats list 9 mm polyester
Typical: None noted. We splice to order.
What each source names (1)
- J/80 owner guide1Names: polyester 9 mm
Cunningham
Class rule: no minimum listed for this lineCommon ground
Polyester 6 mm (single source)
Typical: None noted. We splice to order.
Boom vang
Class rule: wire 4 mm minimum or synthetic rope 6 mm minimum2Common ground
Class: wire (min 4 mm) or synthetic rope (min 6 mm); J/Boats list polyester 10 mm with a stainless wire cascade
Typical: Wire cascade is a swaged/spliced item. We splice to order.
What each source names (2)· sources differ, shown side by side
Backstay control
Class rule: no minimum listed for this lineCommon ground
Polyester 6 mm (single source)
Typical: None noted. We splice to order.
Traveller control
Class rule: no minimum listed for this lineCommon ground
6-8 mm; polyester 8 mm (J/Boats) versus Alpha Ropes SSR 6 mm Spectra/Cordura (WCS)
Typical: End whips. We splice to order.
What each source names (2)· sources differ, shown side by side
Boom lift (topping lift)
Class rule: no minimum listed for this lineCommon ground
Stainless wire in the original list, rope tail
Typical: Wire and tail spliced. We splice to order.
What each source names (1)
- J/80 owner guide1Names: coated wire topping liftNot in our range — we don’t stock this rope or a close match.Not stocked
Furling line
Class rule: no minimum listed for this lineCommon ground
Polyester 6 mm (single source)
Typical: End whips. We splice to order.
Sources
- J/80 Owner Guide (Running Rigging table). https://yachting.web.cern.ch/documentation/keelboats/files/j80/J80_User_Guide.pdf Seen 2026-10-23.
- International J/80 Class Rules, effective 01 June 2024. https://www.j80.org/images/pdf/J80_CR_2024-06June-01-2.pdf Seen 2026-10-23.
- North Sails Tuning Guide J/80 (second version). https://yachting.web.cern.ch/documentation/keelboats/files/j80/North_Sails_Tuning_Guide.pdf Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Main Halyard w/ Shackle (J80101). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-main-halyard-w-shackle-J80101/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Jib Halyard (J80121). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-jib-halyard-j80121/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Spin Halyard (J80141). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-spin-halyard-J80141/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Tackline (J80161). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-tackline-J80161/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Spin Sheets Y-Style (J80180). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-spin-sheets-y-style-J80180/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Jib Sheet Race (J80416). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-jib-sheet-race-J80416/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Jib Sheet Cruising (J80411). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-jib-sheet-cruising-J80411/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Mainsheet Race (J80318). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-mainsheet-race-J80318/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Mainsheet Cruising (J80313). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-mainsheet-cruising-J80313/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Traveler Line (J80400). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-traveler-line-J80400/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Furling Line (J80180). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-furling-line-j80180/ Seen 2026-10-23.
- J/80 Pole Launch Line (J80170). https://westcoastsailing.net/j80-pole-launch-line-j80170/ Seen 2026-10-23.
Prices per metre incl. 24% VAT, live from our rope list.