The 5/8" Kraken is a rugged 24-strand rigging line that offers great durability and resists picking. Great for knotless rigging setups.
Kraken is a monster of a rigging line, ready to take on your biggest, toughest rigging jobs. At the heart of the 24-strand Kraken is a polyester core, giving it it's high strength and robust feel. The jacket is a tight braided polyester that gives Kraken amazing durability, without making it feel brittle. In fact, Kraken is quite flexible, and resists kinking, twisting and hockling. Kraken's construction makes it easy to splice, and it functions very well in standard rigging setups as well as knotless rigging setups.
- Polyurethane coated for greater abrasion resistance
- High Strength
- High UV and abrasion resistance
- Easy to splice
- Resists twisting and hockling
- Snag resistant
- Great for winch lines, tow lines and rigging lines
Diameter (in) 5/8
Diameter (mm) 15.9
Average Break Strength (lbs) 18,500
Average Break Strength (kN) 82.5
Minimum Break Strength (lbs)15,700
Minimum Break Strength (kN)70
Elongation @ 10% MBS (%) 1.8
Weight (lbs/100') 14.8
Weight (g/m) 221
Sheath percentage (%) 45
Sheath Material Polyester
Core Material Polyester
WLL (lbs) 1850
WLL (kN) 8.2
*Kraken published break strengths are with hand spliced terminations
*Kraken is not available with a sewn eye
