Whip Rope

[rick35]

The rope I used was 5/16 double braid polyester for $37 for 100ft from amazon. It frayed pretty bad when cut and needed some trimming and a flame to melt the ends.

[CooperS7777]

Originally Posted by rick35

The rope I used was 5/16 double braid polyester for $37 for 100ft from amazon. It frayed pretty bad when cut and needed some trimming and a flame to melt the ends.

Make a few tight wraps of electrical tape in the same direction as the lay of the line around the spot where you'll make the cut. Use a fresh razor blade and cut in the middle of the electrical tape and then use a butane torch to seal the ends of the line back up. You can leave the electrical tape or peel it off after, but this method should yield factory like results if you don't have access to a proper hot knife.

[CaptT820]

Thank you for all the great suggestions and all the ideas that people are currently using. I think we will try to keep the forward-backward motion of the boat to a minimum with some sort of spring line, as well as making sure that the tip of the whip has a roller/swivel type combination. Our whips have a fixed stainless bar that the rope rides over and this no doubt is causing the friction problem. Time to modify it.