Butch your anal retentive side has retention issues.
A truer statement was never uttered...just ask my wife
12oz, even on a 30 ft moment arm, is not enough to make much
difference on a 17yr old P19.
2. Its not uncommon for the sail and/or knot to get pulled through the bale. On a good day this effects the sail shape of the kite. On a bad day it makes it difficult/impossible to drop the kite.
By shaping and mounting the bale on the mast to give line clearance,
and threading a teflon or plastic ball on the halyard will prevent
that. The ball will stop the line at the correct point and still be
fluid enough to allow the clew to shift on gybes.
