Originally Posted by westcoaster
Another alternative that was suggested is to have the tails of my sheet be some thin dyneema/specta (by splicing ~1-2ft of spectra to the ends of my existing sheets). Knots tied in the thin line would be much less bulky, so there'd be very little to catch on the forestay. What do people think of this idea?

Thanks


I like this idea best and it's similar to what I've done. I took it step further by terminating the spec with eye splices then I use a short piece of 2.5 mm spec to tie the sheets to the clue.

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