I went ahead and upgraded the 30mm to a 40mm block which has helped a lot. The biggest question now is how long of a pennant I can leave of the smaller line.
The goal is to always grasp the larger line, but use as much of the 3mm as possible. unfortunately I forgot to measure where the line exits the boom when sheeted in fully, so I am going to have to wait until the boat gets back from the yard to finish this up. I think it's going to be about 12 foot of 3mm With another 12' of 8mm. But it will have to wait.
Brion,
You idea of just burying it is working very well by the way. It looks a little silly since I redid the whipping from these pictures, and stepped the 8mm down over 6 inches, then whipped the entire transition to hold everything in place. It's a little stiff now, but I ink it will soften in time, but even in its current state it travels pretty cleanly.
Sadly the weight savings won't be as high as I was hoping, but still nothing to sneeze at.
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