Jimmy Green Marine offers a range of running rigging lines with a combination construction: Polyester cover combined with a Dyneema core. These split naturally into three different groups: Cruising Performance ~ Racing Performance ~ Extreme Performance Dyneema (High Modulus Polyethylene) Facts and Features: Dyneema is significantly more expensive than polyester. Dyneema is denoted and rated … Continued
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Whether cruising coastal waters or preparing for offshore conditions, securely attaching your sheets is fundamental for both safety and performance. Below, we break down the most effective methods for attaching sheets to the most common sail types. Attachment to the: – Headsail clew (Jib, Genoa, Staysail) – Lightweight Sail Clew (Spinnaker, Gennaker, Cruising Chute, Parasail) … Continued
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Jimmy Green Marine offer a comprehensive range of braided lines suitable for use as a halyard, sheet or control line, but which one will suit you best? Before you can order the diameter and the length, you need to narrow down the options based on Rope Fibre, i.e. what it is made of, and Rope … Continued
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The Jimmy Green Rigging Sales Team are happy to advise you on any aspect of the custom build process for ordering your sheets, halyards and control lines. There is a toggle to switch from Custom Build to a simple Cut Length where applicable. CUT LENGTH ROPE MEASUREMENT ADVISORY The Jimmy Green Rigging Team suggest you start … Continued
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LIROS Ropes Brochure Scroll down to view the LIROS Racing Chart Cruising – Recommended Line Diameters Sail area in square metres Rope Name Article No. 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Racer 02001 – 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 Regatta 02000 5 6 8 10 10 12 12 … Continued
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The Jimmy Green Rigging Sales Team are happy to advise you on any aspect of the custom build process for ordering your wire to rope halyards. The Jimmy Green Rigging Team set this custom build process to start with the wire end that attaches to the sail. Follow the Jimmy Green Custom Build process to … Continued
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Select Your Line by Performance Required Application Gold Performance Silver Performance Bronze Performance Main Halyard GP78, Magic XTR Racing, Magic Pro Pro, 8-plait Spinnaker Halyard R8, GP78, Magic XTR Racing, Magic Pro Pro, 8-plait Jib Haylard GP78 Racing Pro Main Sheet R8, Magic Pro Fusion, Dynasoft Marston, Pro, Magic Sheet, Matt Plait Spinnaker Sheet R8, … Continued
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Rope Diameter Rope is manufactured on complex spinning and weaving machinery. The amount of yarn per metre is accurately calculated and strictly controlled to produce a finished rope with the correct interacting tension (or lay) at a nominal diameter, normally in 2mm increments in even numbers e.g. 8mm, 10mm, 12mm 1mm increments are also available … Continued
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Sailboat Rigging can be divided in to 2 categories: Standing Rigging – the wires and ropes that hold up the mast, also known as shrouds or stays. Running Rigging – the ropes (and wires) that control the sails on a yacht. There are a large number of different terms that cover the use for which … Continued
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Blocks, also known as pulleys, are available with plain, roller or ball bearings. Select the bearing type according to the use that the block will serve onboard. Plain Bearing Blocks The plain bearing block, mainstay of the running rigging on a cruising yacht, is developed from the traditional dead eye, which has no moving parts and originated as … Continued
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Jimmy Green Marine offer a comprehensive range of Running Rigging Lines for cruising and performance yachts, with an excellent choice of different colours, all from world-renowned European rope manufacturers LIROS and Marlow. The wide selection of colour options makes it readily achievable to make each line easily recognisable in its own right and each application … Continued
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How to decide on a new furling line for your Headsail Reefing The basic factors are length and diameter: Establishing the Length: It may be possible to establish the necessary length from the manufacturer recommendations in the reefing manual. Otherwise you can estimate the length by adding four component measurements together while the headsail is … Continued
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