My answer has always been that it doesn't matter where halyards come out, what matters is what happens inside the mast. So I try to make the mast top duplicate itself as the halyards come out. So my jib halyard comes out from the most forward exit, then starboard spin on the next back, on the starboard side, port spin on the forward most on the port side ect. My thought is that so long as the halyards don't cross each other inside the mast, and have fair leads down and out the crew will learn where each line is.
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