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Yacht rope knowledge at a glance

Here you will get an overview of the most important technical key figures.

Rope use depending on the sail area

Sail area [m²]	RunnerTwin Olympic [mm]	RunnerTwin 99 [mm]	MegaTwin^® Dyneema [mm]	Discover 2018 [mm]	DynaOne^® [mm]	DynaLite MegaTwin 07 [mm]	Cup [mm]	Gemini X [mm]	Tasmania [mm]
10	4–5		4–5	3–6	4–5	6–8	6–8	6–8	6–8
20	5–8		5–8	5–8	4–5	8–10	8–10	6–10	10–12
30	6–10		6–10	6–10	5–8	10–12	10–14	10–12	10–14
40	8–10		8–10	8–12	6–8	10–12	10–14	12–16	12–16
50	10–12		10–12	8–12	8–10	12–14	12–16	12–16	14–18
60	10–12		10–12	10–12	8–10	12–14	14–18	14–18	14–20
70	10–14		10–14		8–10	12–16	14–18	14–18	16–20
80	12–14		12–14		8–10	14–16	16–18	16–20	16–20
90	12–16		12–16		8–10	14–16	16–18	18–22
100	12–16		12–16		8–10	14–16		18–22
125	14–18		14–18		12–14			20–24

Force-elongation diagram of used sheets and halyards in comparison

Mooring lines

Length recommendations:

Mooring line = 1 × ship length each

Spring lines= 1,5 × ship length each

Minimum anchor line length

Rope diameter for mooring line, spring, anchor and tow line

	Polyester	Polyamid(e)	GeoProp	Thempest	Hempex
Length of Vessel [m]	Twist, Square, Twin, Bavaria, DockTwin, One [mm]	Twist, Square, Twin, Bavaria, DockTwin, One [mm]	Twist, Square, Twin, One [mm]	Twist, Twin [mm]	One [mm]
6–8	10	10	12	12	16
10	12	12	14	14	20
12	14	14	16	16	22
14	16	16	20	20	26
16–18	18	18	22	22	28
20–22	20	20	24	24	32
24–26	22	22	28	26	36
28–32	24	22	30	28	40
34–36	26	24	32	30	40
38–40	28	26	36	32	44