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Rope
Core
Cover
Treatment
Breaking load
Splice
Gleistein
Dyna Lite
Halyards
Sheets
Control lines
Core
Dyneema® SK78 + polyester intermediate cover
Cover
Polyester, reinforced
Treatment
—
Breaking load
6 mm
793 kg
8 mm
1 869 kg
10 mm
3 399 kg
12 mm
5 779 kg
14 mm
8 497 kg
Splice
—
Gottifredi Maffioli
Swiftcord
Sheets
Control lines
Dinghy
Core
none (single braid)
Cover
Bio Based Dyneema® + Cordura® branded fibers
Treatment
—
Breaking load
3 mm
408 kg
4 mm
607 kg
5 mm
851 kg
6 mm
1 275 kg
7 mm
1 968 kg
8 mm
2 345 kg
9 mm
3 059 kg
10 mm
3 671 kg
Splice
—
Robline
Admiral 5000
Halyards
Sheets
Splicing-friendly
Core
Dyneema® (grade not stated)
Cover
Polyester (24-plait)
Treatment
—
Breaking load
6 mm
2 243 kg
8 mm
3 875 kg
10 mm
5 914 kg
12 mm
8 158 kg
14 mm
10 707 kg
Splice
Yes
Armare
Dyneforce 78
Control lines
Core
none (single braid)
Cover
Dyneema® SK78 (12 plait)
Treatment
polyurethane coating; special heat treatment HPS
Breaking load
1.5 mm
722 kg
2 mm
969 kg
2.5 mm
1 178 kg
3 mm
1 413 kg
3.5 mm
1 674 kg
4 mm
2 294 kg
5 mm
3 148 kg
6 mm
5 094 kg
7 mm
6 526 kg
8 mm
7 546 kg
9 mm
9 908 kg
10 mm
11 829 kg
11 mm
13 358 kg
12 mm
16 316 kg
13 mm
17 335 kg
14 mm
20 394 kg
15 mm
23 454 kg
16 mm
26 819 kg
17 mm
29 572 kg
18 mm
32 019 kg
20 mm
37 730 kg
Splice
—
Armare
Vec-Tec
Control lines
Core
none (single braid)
Cover
Vectran® (12 plait)
Treatment
polyurethane coating from 8 mm; no PU from 2 to 6 mm
Breaking load
2 mm
438 kg
2.5 mm
653 kg
3 mm
877 kg
3.5 mm
1 377 kg
4 mm
1 917 kg
5 mm
2 814 kg
6 mm
3 875 kg
8 mm
6 893 kg
10 mm
10 197 kg
12 mm
12 787 kg
14 mm
15 755 kg
16 mm
18 895 kg
18 mm
21 312 kg
20 mm
23 821 kg
Splice
—
Gleistein
RunnerTwin Equipe
Halyards
Sheets
Control lines
Dinghy
Core
Dyneema® SK78
Cover
Technora® / Polyester / Dyneema®
Treatment
—
Breaking load
4 mm
736 kg
5 mm
1 133 kg
6 mm
1 695 kg
8 mm
2 968 kg
10 mm
4 872 kg
Splice
—
Armare
DYN 78 HPS PU - PET
Halyards
Sheets
Core
Dyneema® SK78
Cover
Polyester
Treatment
polyurethane coating; special heat treatment HPS
Breaking load
2 mm
248 kg
2.5 mm
344 kg
3 mm
510 kg
3.5 mm
722 kg
4 mm
969 kg
5 mm
1 413 kg
6 mm
2 294 kg
7 mm
2 722 kg
8 mm
3 148 kg
9 mm
5 094 kg
10 mm
5 812 kg
11 mm
7 036 kg
12 mm
8 719 kg
13 mm
9 908 kg
14 mm
10 299 kg
15 mm
11 829 kg
16 mm
13 358 kg
17 mm
14 786 kg
18 mm
16 316 kg
20 mm
20 394 kg
Splice
—
Armare
Light 78
Core
none (single braid)
Cover
Dyneema® SK78 (12 plait)
Treatment
none (untreated)
Breaking load
1.5 mm
269 kg
2 mm
422 kg
2.5 mm
628 kg
3 mm
852 kg
3.5 mm
918 kg
4 mm
1 530 kg
5 mm
2 513 kg
6 mm
3 679 kg
7 mm
5 474 kg
8 mm
6 416 kg
9 mm
7 269 kg
10 mm
9 147 kg
11 mm
10 858 kg
12 mm
13 012 kg
13 mm
14 986 kg
14 mm
16 018 kg
15 mm
16 781 kg
16 mm
19 742 kg
17 mm
21 178 kg
18 mm
20 394 kg
20 mm
25 754 kg
Splice
—
Robline
Dyneema Chafe Sleeve
Core
—
Cover
Dyneema®
Treatment
—
Breaking load
—
Splice
—
Robline
Ocean 3000 (Single Braids)
Halyards
Sheets
Control lines
Splicing-friendly
Core
none (single braid)
Cover
Dyneema® (grade not stated)
Treatment
preset and coated
Breaking load
2 mm
408 kg
2.5 mm
510 kg
3 mm
816 kg
4 mm
1 632 kg
5 mm
2 345 kg
6 mm
3 263 kg
8 mm
4 589 kg
10 mm
7 240 kg
12 mm
9 687 kg
Splice
Yes