Don't hitch to the bails
If you're going to directly connect your dyneema lifeline to your pulpit, don't ring hitch to the bail. Ring hitch to the nice fat stainless steel tube. Place the hitch inside the bail, so it can't slide up or down the tube. Using the bail as the connection point means bending the dyneema into a much smaller radius turn.
Even when lashing from a thimble in an eye-slice to a pulpit (or pushpit) go around the larger tube and just use the bail to keep the lashings from sliding.
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