VIPER is our newest introduction into performance cordage from New England Ropes. VIPER is a braided polyester jacket featuring a XHMPE core material that is lightweight, low-stretch, and has good UV resistance.
VIPER is super strong when it needs to be, it is ideally suited for our customers looking for better performance than polyester without paying a premium price of Hi-Techs! The product is easily spliced, you can strip the cover and it performs beyond expectations for the discriminating boater. Available in a nice assortment of colors.
BENEFITS: High strength, low stretch, lightweight and strippable for greater weight savings.
APPLICATIONS: All running rigging requiring a durable, low stretch, lightweight line, such as sheets, halyards, guys, topping lifts, reef lines, or low-stretch control lines.
MATERIAL: XHMPE Core, Polyester Cover
Splice: Core to Core Splice (Sailing Services Part No. LAESE)
