Line for preventer?

[JohnV]

Sounds like we're on the same track, Allene.
My tentative plan is to run 50 or 60 feet of 5/16 staset-x from the cockpit through a series of fairleads that are already along the bulwark on one side. I'll double it back through a snatch block by the staysail tack when I'm using it, or else just leave the ends coiled and out of the way when I'm not.
I'll see how I like it with one spectra line on the boom end with the option to mount one on each side later.
John V