Brion, I like your idea--it's the best of both sides. Though Ian's lazy jack plan is quite elegant, too.
Question--using Spectra and your idea of a tackle with the hauling line inside the boom, how skinny a line could you get away with (33 ft cruiser., approx. 245 sq ft main)? I assume you could use something thinner than dacron.
I ask because there's already an unused wire sheave at the end of my boom, and a corresponding exit groove, but the space for the sheave is pretty narrow. There might be room for a 3/16" sheave. Would Spectra of such a small dimension be reasonable for the tackle, assuming I spliced on something thicker, for better handling, before it exits the forward end of the boom?
John V.
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