I have some googling to do, I have no idea what that means, lol. Hope you guys are doing well. Still in FP?
I noticed you mentioned the only boat that had chafe issues was a “horrible sailor”. It’s possible we fit that category, but we do sail everywhere. Tacking an overlapping headsail no matter what will cause chafe. (Unless you have a bowman walking the sail around the shrouds) Maybe its insignificant per tack, but tack enough times and you will see chafe. Our sheets got salty and crispy on the longer wet stretches and I’m sure that didn’t help things.
I have since switched to softer sheets, but I would still recommend a cover over the lower section where lines may run. If you don’t want to worry about the shroud looking “fuzzy”
We are over a year on our dux rigging, we won’t be going back.
As for the stemballs, if it’s not too hard to swap the backing plates in the rig, I’d go with Colligo’s cheeky tangs. They seem much more robust and put the load in shear. I refitted our mast for them and was very happy with the install.
Prior to using the cheeky tangs, John sent me some stemball fittings they had to send out to machine for me. I have photos somewhere, but the quality of the fitting was garbage. Burrs everywhere and the threads weren’t cut straight.
The stuff John has engineered with Colligo’s name on it looks quality (cheeky tangs), the stainless bits that he hasn’t (stemballs) were complete shit.