Tapering braided line

[davidsamuelson]

Hi,
I have a roller furler with a drum too small (or is the line too big?) On the furler is a big, light-air genoa which requires numerous turns to put it away: so the line must be relatively small, but able to carry quite a high load. On the other end I need a line that is big enough to really pull on without it cutting my hands, or to go on the self-tailer. How do I taper the line to suit both my hands/winch one end and the drum the other? Thanks for any ideas. David