This table tries to show "typical" line lengths, sizes, and types for 505s. Since no two 505s are rigged quite the same way, you may have to alter the lengths and sizes. Most of these dimensions are from my forward tack Waterat (and Waterat-rigged) 505.
| 505 Lines,Wires & Fittings | |||||
| Waterat 8263 | |||||
| Description | len. | dia. | Make | Style | Color |
| Bailer, forward (Waterat) | Andersen Super-mini | ||||
| Bailer, aft (Waterat) | Andersen Super-Max | ||||
| CB down shockcord | 3/16 | blue | |||
| CB lifting pin down tail | 3mm? (the thinnest) | Marlow | pre-stretch | white | |
| CB lifting pin down wire | 1/16 | 7x19 | |||
| CB pin down shockcord | 1/4 | red | |||
| CB lifting pin up tail | 1/4? | Sampson | Trophybraid | red | |
| CB lilfting pin up wire | 1/16 | 7x19 | |||
| CB up line + CB down line | 21 | 5/16 |
Sampson or Yale |
Trophy braid or Lite |
blue |
| hiking straps | |||||
| jib cloth tension adjustment tail | 5/32? | Marlow | pre-stretch | lime | |
| jib cloth tension halyard tail | thin | ||||
| jib cloth tension halyard "wire" |
7/64 or 1/8 |
Spectron 12 or vectran |
spectra vectran |
grey yellow |
|
| jib lead adjuster tail | 3/16 | Marlow | pre-stretch | blue | |
| jib sheets |
3/8 or 1/4 |
Marlow or Yale |
self-taper or Lite |
red/green | |
| main boom vang | 28.5 | 3/16 | Marlow | pre-stretch | lime |
| main cunningham tail | 3/16 | Marlow | pre-stretch | red | |
| main cunningham "wire" | 7/64" | Spectron 12 | Spectra | ||
| main halyard tail | ?? | thin | |||
|
main halyard wire for Waterat-style halyard hook at base of mast |
?? | 3/32 | wire | 7X19 | |
| main outhaul tail | 3/16 | Marlow | pre-stretch | white | |
|
main halyard To fit Rondar with cleat on mast above gate |
24 |
1/8 With 2" jacket spliced in where it cleats |
Vectran | Vectrus | |
| main outhaul "wire" | 1/8 | Vectran | |||
| main sheet main | 27' | 3/8 | Yale | Aracom80 | blue |
| main sheet split lines | 3' | 3 mm |
Marlow or Spectron 12 |
pre-stretch or Spectra |
blue |
| mast shrould tension tail | 4 mm |
Marlow or Italian stuff |
pre-stretch or cordura blend |
blue | |
| mast shrould wire tails | 5/32 | 7x19 | |||
| mast shroulds | 1/8 | wire | 1x7 dyform | ||
| mast forestay |
1/8 3/32 |
wire | 1x7 dyform | ||
| mast forestay wire tail #1 | 1/8 | wire | 7x19 | ||
| mast forestay wire tail #2 | 1/8 | wire | 7x19 | ||
| mast forestay tension tail | 4 mm |
Marlow or Italian stuff |
pre-stretch or cordura blend |
red | |
| mast gate shims |
length of mast gate, at least 1" high |
1/8 thick | teflon | ||
| mast pre-bender tail | 3 mm | Marlow | pre-stretch | red? | |
| mast ram tail | 4 mm | Marlow | pre-stretch | red? | |
| mast trapeze adjuster lines | 4 mm | Marlow | pre-stretch | red/green | |
| mast trapeze handle lines | 4 mm | Marlow | pre-stretch | white/red/green | |
| mast trapeze shockcord | 3/16 | blue | |||
| pole downhaul line | 7/64 | Spectron 12 | spectra | ||
| pole downhaul shockcord | 3/16 | blue/grey | |||
| pole downhaul tidyup shockcord | 1/8 | grey | |||
| pole retainer shockcord | 1/8 | grey | |||
| pole topping lift tail | 3/16 | Marlow | pre-stretch | ||
| pole topping lift "wire" | 7/64 | Spectron 12 | spectra | ||
| pole trolley shockcord | 3/16 | blue | |||
| spinnaker halyard (bag) | 50 (about) | 7/64 | Spectron 12 | Spectra | grey |
| spinnaker sheet twing line | 13 | 4 mm | Marlow | pre-stretch | pink |
| spinnaker sheets (long-go to rail then transom) | 65 | 3/16 | Excel racing | Spectra core | blue |
| spinnaker sheets (short-turn forward at rail) | 50 | 3/16 | Excel racing | blue | |
| spinnaker halyard (thick- 1:4 system) | 8? | 3/8 | |||
| tiller | 54.25 | Waterat | carbon tube |