Regatta Lite for spinnaker sheets

[iansan5653]

I'm shopping for new spinnaker sheets for my Caliber 28 and I found an incredible deal on some 8mm Regatta Lite (polypropylene 12-strand single braid). On paper it seems generally great for spinnaker sheets - lightweight, easy to splice, non-absorbent, and good on the hands - but I can't find any info at all on how well it will hold in a self-tailing winch. It should meet the minimum size requirements for my winches, but it just looks slippery in photos.

I know polypro is terrible with UV but I will be storing these sheets out of the sun between buoy races.

Anyone have any experience with this line?

[AndyOz]

Polypropylene?

Apart from the UV degradation (which also means it fails very abruptly), polypropylene's slipperiness means splices tend to slide open, as do knots.

Not very strong, not very chafe resistant.

Best kept for floating painters and the like