Mine's bigger - the world's largest line.

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11:30 PM Thu 31 Mar 2011 GMT

'The world&rsquo;s thickest line, largest rope' . Click Here to view large photo

The phrase 'Mine's bigger' was never truer. A US company has recently produced the world's largest rope, designed to make your heaviest mainsheet look like a piece of sewing cotton. The 12-strand rope was produced for a European client, constructed on the giant 12 strand braiding machine using Cortland's patented Plasma? synthetic fibre. This unique rope was created from more than 52,000 individual Plasma? strands using a patented braiding technique. This exclusive braiding process combines individual 12-braided ropes into a finished 12-strand rope of exceptional strength and flexibility. The finished size of this particular rope is 176mm with a minimum ...

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