Identify the different fibres :

GUIDE D’ACHAT 1/3 Cable standing rigging | The different technologies of textile cable standing rigging Textile cable is the association of a material (aramids, PBO, carbon, Dyneema) with a construction technique (filament winding, pultruded UD, braiding). Each solution is relevant to a type of sailboat and its programme (offshore racing, coastal regatta, open sea cruising,…

Splice or knot on Dyneema®? Ino-Rope compared the resistance of a splice and a knot (snubbing-hitch) on a Dyneema® rope, using a tensile bench equipped with an electronic scale. The result is very instructive: proof with images!

How to winterise your ropes properly Along with chafing, salt and UVs are ropes’ worst enemies. So, if you wish to extend the lifespan of your sailboat’s running rigging significantly, we strongly advise you take time to winterise it. It will also avoid the need to remove the mould that will have taken up residence…

Creep, elongation: should this be a source of worry ? When one speaks about Dyneema® rope creeping, what is it exactly? One often confuses elongation resulting from construction, elongation at break and creeping. What is pre-stretching on a rope? How elastic are the fibres? From which working load does creeping begin? Is it a constraint…

Les palans : fonctionnement et calcul de charge Les systèmes de palans Qu’est-ce qu’un palan ? Comment calculer sa démultiplication ? Quel montage choisir pour minimiser les frottements et obtenir le meilleur rendement ? Des questions en cascade qui reviennent tout le temps à la charge et que nous avons voulu tirer au clair. Qu’est-ce…

Red card: bowline knot with Dyneema® She’s a beautiful boat, fitted with beautiful purchases made of great Dyneema ropes… with bowline knots! What! Really! Seeing such barbaric practice made our blood boil… Well, let’s collect our thoughts to give you some technical clarification and advice, which will be much more useful than our outraged groans….