Soft stays to mast

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Thanks for the reply.

I thought getting stopper knot strength reduction percentages would be a useful comparative way to judge this kind of use- after that, it's just installation details (eased edges, fair leads) and maintenance (chafe, slip, inspection). This won't be a install-and-forget kind of rig.

Colligo's site has some stopper knot info, but it is more sales-pitchy, less technically complete than I would like.

And if you're curious, from a careful reading of the Swift site, the pic shows:
--the forestay in yellow with a t-ball fitting (although my second choice would be to cow-hitch the line, rather than add the thimble...),
--to the right are the lowers connected to a metal tang with a through-bolt,
--and the big ball of rope just above the mast, to the right of the spreader is the stopper knot for the starboard trapeze string,
--and the port trapeze string is leaving the same hole and heading toward the deck or right in the pic.

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