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BruceTS · 05-27-2006, 06:15 PM

With steel cable, I perfer the roller, but with synthetic line, the Hawse fairlead works just fine. The advantages with the Hawse are lighter, less moving parts and doesn't protrude out as far. Switching out the roller + cable will net you a 30 lb savings in weight.......

Oh don't use the Hawse with cable, then switch to synthetic, the steel cable usually cuts grooves into the fairlead or makes the surface rough enough that it'll cut the line, unless you sand the surface smooth first.....

05-27-2006, 06:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
BruceTS Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,317	With steel cable, I perfer the roller, but with synthetic line, the Hawse fairlead works just fine. The advantages with the Hawse are lighter, less moving parts and doesn't protrude out as far. Switching out the roller + cable will net you a 30 lb savings in weight....... Oh don't use the Hawse with cable, then switch to synthetic, the steel cable usually cuts grooves into the fairlead or makes the surface rough enough that it'll cut the line, unless you sand the surface smooth first..... Last edited by BruceTS; 05-27-2006 at 06:18 PM.