[quote=jonathan162][quote=charlescarlis]Well like the "Ferrari" material for one. I don't think I spelled that right. Only thing is, for all the world of people ranting over the stuff, I've never actually experienced it in real life, so YMMV. In fact, I don't even know where to buy it. Vinyl would be more comfortable, but for me it's way too hot. I'm content with what I got, though.[/quote]
Yeah, you got the spelling right - these guys:
https://www.sergeferrari.com/us-en/productsprotect-range/protect-meshes-392-s2
(and similar meshes they make like the 330/332, though not the ones made from coated steel cable...)
Looks a little overkill (and by extension, as you suggest, overprice) for a tramp for a small, light cat. I mean, how much do I care about the flame retardant ratings? And I'd just as soon stick with a simple weave rather than coated stuff.
[quote]This tramp is made with ProTramp material, heavy trucker vinyl for the perimeter along with some 3" polypropylene webbing for reinforcement, tenara thread and nickel plated grommets. Next one will be the same except I won't use fiberglass rods for the bolt rope; it'll be sail slugs from sailrite, sewn to the outer reinforcing with webbing, kind of like a clew ring and stainless grommets only on both sides, since I just bought a package of like 500 Hiker grommets...you can only buy them in bulk, so I need to grommet stuff I guess... But, with what I've learned, I'll definitely add a through-pocket for righting line, or at least one on the underside and build the halyard pockets off the tramp completely then sew them on. I'll still stay with PTFE thread despite the hassle. And, one-piece if possible as it is so much nicer for stuff not going through (water in and lines out).[/quote]
"ProTramp"? Where can I see that?
To your other points: I get that you're tooled up for this stuff, and I normally like doing the same, but don't feel the urge in this case. I'll be improving upon the original pockets, but hadn't though about the righting line or halyard and will do so, though those seem like straightforward enough modifications/additions after it's been made i.e. don't need to happen with the initial fab. As for the bolt rope, I don't know why you'd have gone with the fiberglass rod - something rigid seems highly counterintuitive. And I'll check the track dimensions to see if the slugs can work, otherwise a conventional rope should be fine.
Incidentally, this is a two-piece tramp because there's a centerline spar between the fore and aft crosstubes. Not my favourite thing, but at least it's level with them rather than elevated above the rest of the tramp e.g. the Sea Spray 15, which is awful. The way they did it was bolt ropes threaded into the crossbeams and hull tracks, then the two halves laced together across that center tube. Contrary to your suggestion, I'm [i]considering[/i] adding lacing gaps/grommets ahead of the aft crosstube to give me tensioning adjustment, though - again - that's something that can be added later if needed, and given that it's a una rig there's really not much chance of any lines washing through it. (I mean, that was the thing I hated about the H18 - the sheets [i]constantly[/i] washing over the side, which was a real bitch esp. when soloing on the wire.)
But as far as material goes, unless this ProTramp stuff looks really great, the TenCate from Sailrite will probably be it.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by jonathan162 on Mar 01, 2024 - 05:14 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
