What's the "conventional" sheet? It's easy with Maffi!

Mine is an outer cover with an inner core.

I've gone off maffi on the f18, they kink and knot easily and absord lots of water.

With a conventional sheet you want to pull out the inner core for about a foot, stuff the d12 up it and cut it to how long you want it to be, whip the d12 furthest into the sheet so it stays there, pull it about half a foot from the end, taper the outer core stuff it up the d12

I was talking about it in the context of my current boat. I have right now a direct connection between the clew of the main and the blocks, around the boom. But I'm going to switch back to connect the boom to the blocks. My main clew is a little too far forward and when I sheet in hard upwind it pulls the foot of the sail tight. I also like the fact that when connected to the boom the mainsheet applies positive rotation to the mast.

My boom is beefy enough to take the loads. Anyway, it's a theoretical discussion: as long as my blocks are working I don't see the point of changing them...

Tshan-
Did you note the actual boat in the photo did NOT have that bottom block but clearly a single large ratchet block at the bottom with multiple sheave on top??
Mike used the 10:1 off one of his other boats at the Horn Island Hop and really liked it he told me. Per my understanding the larger the diameter of any block the less the rolling resistance, all other factors equal, so I favor a quad/quint(?) at the top. If going center sheeting can easily make a 2:1 "doubler" system- already have to have stronger boom- but any cascading system will have a set "range" of adjustment- at least at it's maximum purchase.

Kirt