Re stripping off part of the cover on the mainsheet... This was done on my BIM2000 (5/16 with a larger 3/8 cover for the hands) for the Worlds. The sewn-on cover was pretty good, and lasted 2 years of hard use, until the first start on Sunday at the Tradewinds when it suddenly came all apart in a frazzle in the breeze. Even Harken jaws eventually eat the cover: and by now the core was a bit worn.

I decided to change ends and sew the cover back on---but where? Guess? When sheeted in hard, about 1 foot of covered mainsheet want to be inside the blocks, but now its all apart. Arguments?
Also what is best to sew the 2 covers on with? Dacron, waxed Dacron, what size thread (#2,#4, #8?) and where from?

Dacarls:
A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16
"Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison