Eric, here is an article that is a bit dated( he uses SK-75 Dynex instead of the far stronger Dynex Dux) of a guy who used SS Thimbles. I have seen some photos of his set up but do not recall where the photos are. He beefed up the SS thimble with as piece of pipe welded across the fat end to facilitate the lashings. It turned out bad as the thimble "capsized" as the load came on one side or the other of the now flat thimble end.
I have lashed smaller stuff through regular SS eyes and found it will bind up as it gatherers on top of itself.
There is a report from Australia of a boat rigged with SS eyes that has had deformation of the eyes due to the loads.
Turns out the old fashioned dead eye is a Superior design after all! Here are some shots of my 34' Trimaran rigged with 7mm and 9mm Dynex Dux and dead eyes from Colligo Marine.com
http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ner/?start=all
So far so good on all of it. The fittings are also designed with an eye so you can use turnbuckles if you like instead of the lashings, dead eye set up.