Chris:

The crew never feels the 1/8 inch Vectron. The 1/4 inch Conception goes to the dousing holes in the spinnaker. The other reason, besides grip, I picked the Conception is the weight issue. While flying the chute the Conception is hanging on the spinnaker. If you think about it the bottom hole in the spinnaker for take down should be right at the place that you are grabbing the line to pull it down.

I tie an additional knot about 18 inches from the top hole, that stops at the bottom hole, so the dousing points do not enter the snuffer at the same time. This makes for a really nice entry, and subsequent exit, to the sock. I have an endpole snuffer and only pull by two points. That saves some wear on that light material as well. I could splice that last 18 inches and save some weight aloft but have not gone that far yet.

Later,
Dan