Thanks for letting me know! I thought I fixed it -- I could see them so I didn't know others couldn't.
Try refreshing this post now (it took a refresh to get the images). I pulled this up on another computer and they show up there ... but here are direct links if it still does not work:
http://gallery.studiodc.org/d/16827-2/IMG_0754_sm.jpg
http://gallery.studiodc.org/d/16830-2/IMG_0756_sm.jpg
I'm still curious as to what this might be, useless or not.
By the way, Brion, I ordered your splicing wand to try some Sta-Set X spliced for my halyards. I'm quite excited - none of the riggers in my area will touch the stuff for splicing so if I can get decent at it I might be able to make a buck or two on the side. In that event your gear and book will easily have paid for itself - over and above the awesome information that I learned for my own boat. Thanks for including that miraculous splice.