Debbie, The main REI in Seattle sells braided yellow polypro rescue rope. It is fairly soft on the hand, but at 1/2" (I think), it is rather stiff. At several army surplus stores, I have found 3/16", 1/4" and 5/16" line (or some such assortment) which is supposedly braided polypro over a linear nylon core. It's not as supple as pure nylon, but if floats, it's cheap, and as long as you make a diligent effort to work the knots down well and snuggly, they hold well. It seems to come only in black, olive green and , more rarely, black and olive co-braid. Yours in cordage nerdiness, Mike Wagenbach *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 23 1999 - 10:24:10 PDT
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