I had trouble with every single set and takedown at a regatta this weekend, due completely because the halyard (with a cover on it) kept kinking up and jamming in the tramp gromets or clete. I had to stop pulling on the halyard, reach down and clear the kink, then pull the halyard up again. Same thing on the takedown, cost me a place a couple times, very frustrating.

If I just pull the core out of the coverd line, will the core work until I get the 6mm dyneema? Does the 6mm dyneema wear at the clete and does it hold in the clete without slipping? Anyone know how long the Blade Spin. halyard is? I'm guessing about 60-70 feet?