In my opinion the simple steel Harken small blocks are best in this use.
these work great with a line from luff track through the center of the block to the other side and a pigtail from the tang.
Ask Jake about that little block on the spinny halyard.
Before Tybee we looked over the boats pretty well and JC had one of those on the "General Lee" (a.k.a. Team Seacats Orange) the strap was torn through about 2/3 or 3/4 of the way. Replaced it and all is well but they need to be inspected regularly.
The shock on Jake's face was priceless, who knows how many times that boat raced with the block compromised, I know tradewinds and some others. Probably some races when JC had it as well.
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
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