Seems to me that it's easy enough to have spare halyards so for me that's not a reason to prefer a lift that's to a pully at the truck. I really hate wire lifts as leach eaters. I also don't like the ability to change the boom's height limited as the block at the end of wire must be. Since there should be permanently installed reefing lines, having the lift line also running along the boom to a good control point near the mast is just more clutter and the all-too-common alternative of having it out at the end of the boom is a potential hazard of inaccessability.
The wire has the advantage of less windage aloft, achieved at to me unacceptable cost.
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