Brion, thank you for the feedback on my lashing.
I will be using this one for long enough to get comfortable with how my new sails set, and then I suspect I will be wanting to adjust my halyard sling point after that anyway. When I move it I will try to get closer to what you would call "elegant." I will definitely leave a neck and put a separate seizing on the neck.
I don't want the ring to twist sideways on the yard. I see how allowing it to pivot from one side of the spar to the other would help. I think a short neck will do this fine.
I know that a few generations of sailors figured out and solved this problem completely but with different materials. I would love to just get their directions on how to do it. This forum is one of the closest places I've found!
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