Reel Winch with Vectran?

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Originally Posted by UNCIVILIZED

IIRC commercial cranes use 12-strand on their drums, as to commercial & Naval vessels on their capstans, so...

It's a good bet that anywhere that used to use wire is making the transition for one reason or another. Big cranes use it because it adds to their rated loads, it weighs so much less they can be updated in capacity with dyneema.