Jack Molan, an Alaskan fisherman himself, explained to me firsthand how it has revolutionized the industry, replacing heavy wire with super-light, non-stretch, highly durable rope. ![]() ![]() The commercial fishing and logging industries began using the stuff in the late 1990s, replacing the wire on their winches and making fishing nets from it. John explained that the rope, called Dynex Dux, was in fact quite high-tech. Spliced rope hung from her spars, tensioned with deadeyes and lashings and served partway up with tarred marline. John, in conjunction with Mike Meer of Southbound Cruising Services (a local yacht rigger in Annapolis for whom I would serendipitously later work), was exhibiting a 1970s-era Westsail 32 cutter, and she was rigged in the traditional way. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Md., I met John Franta of Colligo Marine, and he convinced me otherwise. ![]() We originally intended to re-rig with wire and STA-LOKs, pretty much standard fare for cruising boats, but at last year’s U.S. To the editor: Aided by my fiancé Mia Karlsson, I am in the process of making our 35-foot yawl Arcturus seaworthy enough to tackle the North Atlantic.
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