Jeff, can you do me a favor? I am re-fitting standing rig this year, and had thought of going to a similar configuration. My thought was to swage a ring, or pigtail on the port shroud. My boat is totally apart and I cannot measure the ideal placement of the ring on the shroud. Can you measure and let me know how high, as measured from the attachment point on the deck, to the location of the block as it is mounted on the shroud? I would be much in your debt for doing so. Rex