Reeving lines

[seawolf]

Jim,
Thanks for the reply.
I will check into some of the smaller sizes of sta-set.
Do you have reeving eyes on the end of your halyards?
After messing around with tape, seizing and sewing loops with small HM line, finally put some in mine and its so much easier. But I guess if you want to end for end your halyards you need to re-splice.

That brings up another thought. After having halyards in place for a long time and wanting to end for end, now you are looking at splicing a weathered halyard which can be very difficult of not impossible. What do the pros do in this situation? Tough it out and splice, or use a buntline hitch for the shackle?