Everywhere you look on a boat or yacht, webbing can be used to make simple yet very effective improvements to the stowage and working systems onboard.
Jimmy Green Webbing Characteristics: Facts, Features and Plus Factors:
- Good Strength, especially in high tenacity polyester
- Excellent flexibility
- Multi-purpose
- Exceptional malleability and adjustability - making it ideal for use around awkward-shaped fittings
- Soft finish - kind on the hands and sympathetic to the deck and fittings
Polypropylene Webbing: Facts, Features and Plus Factors
- Non-Hygroscopic – Doesn’t absorb water vapour from the air
- Hydrophobic – Actively repels water on contact, resisting absorption on immersion
- Dries Quickly
- Floats
- Stretches a reasonable 10%-15% range at working load, and up to 25% at breaking point
- Does not shrink
- Mildew-resistant
- Does not conduct electricity, so it can act as an insulator
- Recyclable
- Easy to clean
- Wide range of colour options
Polyester Webbing: Facts, Features and Plus Factors
- Outstanding UV Resistance
- High Tensile Strength
- Mould and Mildew Resistant
- Fade-resistant
- Valuable long-term colour retention
- Excellent in a marine environment
- Extremely Durable
- Advisable for load-bearing applications
- Water Repellent
- Sinks
Jimmy Green Webbing is available in polypropylene and polyester in various widths from 20mm to 50mm to cover a multitude of different marine applications:
- 20mm and 25mm Polypropylene for sail ties and similar purposes
- 25mm White Polypropylene with a Jimmy Green Logo is also available at an attractive price per metre
- 25mm and 50mm Polyester suitable for restraint straps and comparable functions
- 25mm and 45mm High Tenacity Polyester suitable for jackstays, lifelines, guardrails and other high-load applications
All these different webbings are available cut to length by the metre or in 50 metre lengths at reduced rates.
The Jimmy Green website has an easy-to-follow function which allows you to custom build your own finished, made-to-measure webbing lines with sewn loop options at either end.
This exercise makes it very simple to obtain a quote, and once you are satisfied with your specification, name each piece for reference and purchase it online.
Jimmy Green Marine offers a range of webbing accessories produced in-house by the Jimmy Green Sewing Team, including:
- Webbing Soft Shackles in various lengths and designs
- Webbing Reefing Straps
- Webbing Sail Ties in three different designs - stitched loop at one end, buckle slide adjuster stitched onto one end, heavy-duty velcro hook and loop
If you need a bespoke solution in webbing, please contact the Jimmy Green Rigging Sales Team.