Spinnaker Rope Twist

Hi,

I have AI and TI, and I have a set of spinnaker for AI, I want to use this spinnaker for TI too, so I bought a longer rope from West Marine to install the AI spinnaker on TI.

It was fine at beginning, but after 5 times retrieving and stretching, the rope start to twist, i am just wondering maybe the rope from West Marine the quality not good, maybe the original rope wont cause this twist, anyone know where can I buy the better quality rope which wont cause twist?

Or this rope twist is common, whatever original or buy somewhere, all will cause this twist?

Thanks
Xia

It sounds like you maybe bought the wrong kind of rope. West Marine sells many different kinds of rope, including 3-strand, polyester, dyneema, spectra, technora, kevlar and vectran. Some will twist under strain, some wont. Some float, some sink. Some are skinny and strong, but hard to hold in your hand.
Here is a link to West Marine's "Guide to Choosing Running Rigging", which will help explain the differences, so you can make a better choice: https://www.westmarine.com/west-advisor ... gging.html

Thank you very much! I will spend time to read through the link you provided. Appreciated!