Originally Posted by
nanok
i kept my mouth shut succesfully, so far, but now that the initial question is thoroughly answered, may i please hijack the thread and ask if somebody can enlighten me, cause i just can't figure it out: nylon line is not good for guylines, because it stretches, it must be dyneema (or "the less stretch the better"). but add some shock cord, to get some stretch in case the tarp stretches from humidity, or moves in the wind (so it won't flap). dyneema is light, but shock cord long enough and with high enough elasticity modulus so it's useful is heavy (and dyneema for same diameter is only about 30% or so lighter than nylon, shock cord might well make up for it entirely). dyneema guylines are strong, but shock cord is not, and anyway (even if you set the shock cord in parallel), the tarp is not strong enough to match. in dyneema most knots are about as useful as they are on boiled noodles, which is kind of unfortunate for guylines. i am certainly missing something essential here, what's the trick with dyneema guylines again? i mean, i love uhmwpe, but as much as i do, it just seems like plain old nylon is a better idea (and i'm not even talking about PP yet, which is lighter than dyneema still, and dirt cheap, cheaper than nylon)
seriously, what am i missing? thanks in advance
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