Latitudes & Attitudes TV: Boat Show
LATV-S5-63: Synthetic Standing Rigging
Season 1, Episode 11
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Educational, Special Interest, Sports, Short Films, G, 01-Jan-2009
At the Annapolis Sailboat Show, Bob Bitchin reviews Colligo Marine's lighter synthetic standing rigging that replaces standard wire rigging. Synthetic rope allows a higher righting moment and more sail area, Stretch is the same as steel. Colligo Marine also uses its synthetic rope with its line of luffline furlers to hoist asyms and genikers.
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LATV-S5-65: XMWX Satellite Weather
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