Webbing

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.