I agree, get the halyard system. [censored] loads better and what ? 200 gram extra weight aloft ? BIG DEAL.

Otherwise I saw a Taipan sailor use a thick piece of neoprene off an old wetsuit. Seemed to work just as well (or badly) as the old rubber.

And I always wondered is a little sping (used the stand up blocks) couldn't be fitted up there and last for ever.

Wouter