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March 29, 2025 3 min read

Recommended Ropes for Dinghy Control Lines

In this video our team take a walk through our rope wall and talk through some of the recommended ropes you could use for your dinghy control lines.In this video we cover the following ropes:

  • Evolution Performance
  • Evolution Race
  • Marlow Excel Control Line Rope
  • Evolution Breeze Control Line Rope
  • Marlow Excel GP78

All of these ropes have unique characteristics which mean they could be used as a dinghy control line on your sailing dinghy, the application and type of boat will determine which rope will work best for you.

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1) Evolution performance

Evolution performance rope by Kingfisher is a low stretch polyester rope with a hard wearing 16 plait cover. Inside the rope cover is a polyester rope core.


Ideal For

  • Control lines
  • Sheets

Key Rope Stats and Specifications

  • Stretch Percentage at 20% of Breakload - 4.8%
  • Manufacturer - Kingfisher Yacht Ropes
  • Materials - Polyester

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2) Evolution Race

Evolution race dyneema rope has a spliceable braided Dyneema SK78 12 Strand Core that is coated for protection against the elements. 


The dyneema core is covered by a 6mm hard wearing polyester cover and is available in a a selection of melange colours.


This Dyneema SK78 Core rope is hard wearing, high strength and low stretch and is the rope of choice for many dinghy, keelboat and yacht racing sailors.


 In fact, this is our most popular sailing rope.

Ideal For

  • Control lines
  • Halyards
  • Kickers
  • Backstays
  • General purpose applications

Key Rope Stats and Specifications

  • Stretch Percentage at 20% of Breakload - 1%
  • Manufacturer - Gottifredi Maffioli
  • Materials - Polyester & Dyneema

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3) Marlow Excel Control Line Rope

Marlow Excel Control line rope is perfect for continuous control lines and end to end splicing. 


The strength of this control line rope is in the cover so the core can be removed with no issues and with no loss of performance.


Excel control has a hard wearing cover that is made from a mixture of technora and polyester which helps with abrasion resistance making the rope last longer.

Marlow Excel Control Key Features

  • Specifically designed for use as a continuous control line
  • Durable Technora & polyester cover for high strength and abrasion resistance
  • Light weight polypropylene core
  • Snakeskin cover allows polyester yarns to be tapered out when splicing
  • End to end splice with no diameter increase

4) Evolution Breeze Control Line Rope

Evolution breeze from Kingfisher is a continuous control line rope that's easy to splice.


This 4mm rope has a multi filament polypropylene core and a melange style polyester and Technora cover.


The strength of this rope comes from the cover so the rope is ideal for endless splices and continuous control lines on your dinghy.


The melange style of cover is not only for appearance it also balances the load on the cover and gives the rope good abrasion resistance.

Ideal For

  • Endless control lines

Key Rope Stats and Specifications

  • Stretch Percentage at 20% of Breakload - 3%
  • Manufacturer - Kingfisher Yacht Ropes
  • Materials - Polypropylene, Polyester & Technora

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5) Marlow Excel GP78

The bio-based SK78 core of Excel Racing GP78 is high strength and has minimal creep.


The Technora blended cover gives the same fantastic abrasion and heat resistance properties. In addition, the Technora blend cover adds grip for wet hands, and is easy to taper, showing colour matched ArmourCoat core.

Ideal For

  • Sheets
  • Halyards
  • High Strength Control lines

Key Rope Stats and Specifications

  • Manufacturer - Marlow Ropes
  • Materials - Polyester, Technora and Dyneema SK78

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Want us to splice this rope for you? Get in touch for a quote.


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