General Purpose Braids

Dinghy Line is made from staple polyester to give a soft cotton type feel in the jacket to enhance handling and feel.  It features a soft spun polyester cover over a HT parallel polyester core for maximum strength, grip and control.

• Enhanced handling properties
• Maximum strength, grip and control
• Suited to running rigging applications on small keelboats and dinghies
• Available in 6mm and 8mm in 100m spools
• Available in White with Black, Red or Blue fleck

As the name suggests, Dinghy Lite is a lightweight  line designed for use on small craft that do not require the sophistication or expense of exotic fibre sheets or control lines.    A single braid multifilament polypropylene line with 8 plait construction.   Dinghy Light is the perfect line for low load applications when an easy to handle yet economical line is preferred.

• Light weight line with no water absorbtion
• Floats in water
• Soft Grip
• Bright yellow colour
• Available in 6mm, 8mm and 10mm in 100m spools

Donaghys Ski Braid is designed for water skiing and for towing water toys.  This braid has an 8 plait hollow construction and is made from 100% PE monofilaments.  Ski Braid is easily spliced and floats on water.

• Low specific gravity Polyethylene material
• Does not absorb water
• High abrasion resistance
• UV stabilised
• Available in 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12mm in 100 to 500 metre spools
• Available in Blue/White and Yellow colour options

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Donaghys Shock Cord is built to withstand the toughest environments.  Years of development have produced a quality engineered durable Shock Cord that will consistently allow better than 100% elongation and recovery making it ideal for marine and industrial applications.

• Long life wear resistance to abrasion and UV degradation
• Available in 3mm to 7mm in 100m spools, 8mm to 10mm in 50m spools
• Available in White with Blue fleck or Solid Black

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Donaghys Luff Cord is manufactured to exacting sizes with firmly fine woven jacket for insertion in sail luff.  Polyester yarn minimises stretch with excellent abrasion resistance.

• HT Polyester cover with tight pick (stitch) jacket for roundness
• Firm construction holds shape and resists distortion under load
• Precision sizing and UV resistant
• Colour coded cores
• Solid White colour
• Available in 3.2mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7.1mm and 8mm diameter in 300m spools

This general purpose braid is of Solid Braid/Spiral Braid configuration which gives excellent handling, knotting and non kink performance.  Donaghys Sash Cords are available in Cotton, Multifilament Polypropylene & Polyester fibre constructions.

• High Tenacity Polyester solid braid
• Multipurpose line / lashing
• UV resistant
• Suitable for outboard motor starter cords
• White in colour
• Available in 3.6mm, 4.2mm and 6mm diameter in 100m spools

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Donaghys range of multi purpose synthetic braids are strong, lightweight and abrasion resistant.  They are suited to a wide variety of general purpose applications.

• Smooth feel 16 plait polyester braid
• Hard wearing HT polyester fibre in supple plait construction
• High strength and abrasion resistant
• Light weight braid with UV inhibitor
• Available in 1mm to 5mm diameter in Solid White in 100 & 300m spools
• Available in 2mm, 2.5mm and 3mm x 500m in Solid Black

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