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Rope
Core
Cover
Treatment
Breaking load
Splice
Armare
DYN 78 - PET
Halyards
Sheets
Core
Dyneema® SK78
Cover
Polyester
Treatment
none (untreated core)
Breaking load
3 mm
269 kg
3.5 mm
422 kg
4 mm
628 kg
5 mm
918 kg
6 mm
1 530 kg
7 mm
2 333 kg
8 mm
2 513 kg
9 mm
3 679 kg
10 mm
5 474 kg
12 mm
6 416 kg
14 mm
9 147 kg
16 mm
12 231 kg
18 mm
14 986 kg
20 mm
16 781 kg
Splice
—
Gleistein
Tasmania
Halyards
Sheets
Control lines
Core
Polyester
Cover
Polyester
Treatment
—
Breaking load
6 mm
907 kg
8 mm
1 472 kg
10 mm
2 266 kg
12 mm
3 399 kg
14 mm
4 192 kg
16 mm
5 438 kg
Splice
—
Gottifredi Maffioli
T90
Halyards
Sheets
Control lines
Core
H.T. Polyester
Cover
H.T. Polyester
Treatment
—
Breaking load
3 mm
255 kg
4 mm
510 kg
5 mm
612 kg
6 mm
867 kg
8 mm
1 530 kg
10 mm
2 396 kg
12 mm
3 620 kg
14 mm
4 844 kg
16 mm
6 577 kg
18 mm
8 005 kg
20 mm
9 381 kg
22 mm
10 707 kg
24 mm
12 237 kg
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
Orion
Halyards
Sheets
Control lines
Core
Polyester
Cover
Polyester
Treatment
—
Breaking load
2 mm
71 kg
3 mm
153 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
Cup
Halyards
Control lines
Dinghy
Core
Polyester (parallel fibres) + overbraid
Cover
Polyester
Treatment
—
Breaking load
3 mm
193 kg
4 mm
397 kg
5 mm
680 kg
6 mm
884 kg
8 mm
1 472 kg
10 mm
2 492 kg
12 mm
3 626 kg
Splice
—
Gleistein
RollerTwin
Control lines
Splicing-friendly
Core
Dyneema® SK78
Cover
Technora® / Polyester
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
Yes — endless splice
Robline
Dyneema Chafe Sleeve
Core
—
Cover
Dyneema®
Treatment
—
Breaking load
—
Splice
—
Robline
Trad-Tex
Sheets
Core
—
Cover
XLF (polypropylene; construction not stated)
Treatment
—
Breaking load
6 mm
561 kg
8 mm
979 kg
10 mm
1 458 kg
12 mm
2 070 kg
14 mm
2 845 kg
16 mm
3 569 kg
18 mm
4 589 kg
20 mm
5 608 kg
22 mm
6 832 kg
24 mm
7 648 kg
28 mm
10 299 kg
32 mm
11 217 kg
Splice
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