After reading all the praises of Dyneema rope, I thought I would give it a go.
After all would the Rib Net members lie?
I received the delivery of this nylon looking rope and I thought, "what are these people talking about? This is not going to replace a wire rope."
Well, I thought I would wrap it around the winch anyway, and when it snaps, I would make sure that I have my ratchet puller winch in the back of my car.
I'm ready for retrieval, connect the rope to the boat. I I noticed that unwinding a fibre rope is easier than a wire rope. Started to wind the winch, getting ready for the stretch, stretch, snap. I even made sure my Chief Petty Officer held on to the painter so the boat wouldn't float away when the rope snapped.
Well, paint me green and call me a strawberry! Strawberry wasn't ripe.
This was the smoothest and the easiest I have ever winched the boat up.
Will I ever doubt you guys again?
Yeah probably!
I realised it maybe a good idea to have the ratchet winch in the car when I'm boating as a backup.
When you first start using it, Dyneema does look “wrong”. How can this puny, lightweight, floating rope replace good old wire? I have 12mm on my winch & it has a breaking strain of around 15000kg, around twice the capacity of the winch. It’s pleasant to handle, you can run it through your hands without fear of picking up a strand & it doesn’t rot. What’s not to like?
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,,, cut off the hook, made 2 x 11m lengths as the best fit on my Strongarm TW9000 (PD ) ,,, spliced an eye in 11m of the cut off end, added a new crimp in other, 2 s/s lift hooks ,,, Bargain ,, for 2 winch ropes and a Brucey bonus 5m tow rope.
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) ,,, spliced an eye in 11m of the cut off end, added a new crimp in other, 2 s/s lift hooks ,,, Bargain ,, for 2 winch ropes and a Brucey bonus 5m tow rope. 
