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RS800 Ropes by Rooster
Name Length Diameter Type Jib sheet strop 3.4m 4mm Rooster Spectwelve (grey) Jib sheet 4.5m 6mm Rooster AllSpec Pro™ Spinnaker Sheet 12.7m 6mm Rooster AllSpec Pro™ Standard mainsheet 7.25m 9mm Rooster Polilite® 5:1 Mainsheet 10m 9mm Rooster Polilite® New rear sheeting mainsheet 12m 9mm Rooster Polilite® Mainsheet strops 2.5m 4mm Rooster Spectwelve™ Boom strops (main) 0.7m 4mm Rooster Spectwelve™ Boom strops (kicker) 0.9m 4mm Rooster Spectwelve™ Continuous kicker 13.5m 4mm Rooster EasySplice Continuos Control Line Cunningham 13.5m 4mm Rooster EasySplice Continuos Control Line Cunningham tail 1m 4mm Rooster Spectwelve™ Tramp ties 3.6m 4mm Rooster Polyloc™ Toe Strap Ties 0.8m 5mm...
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Rooster
4000 Class Upgrades
Since the Dinghy Show in 2014, Rooster's involvement in the 4000 class could be construed as slow but steady. Early...
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Varnishing a carbon mast
I'm now of an age where my memory isn't quite what it once was. At work, I have become highly...
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Rooster
A simple kit to test leaking boats
At one RS 300 nationals, Steve found himself in a boat that seemed to be taking on a lot of water....