Alisdair Gurney wrote:

"Tom Dacon" wrote in message

One problem to think about is chafe on the sails from the aft end of the
wooden ratlines, when the sails are eased well off.

Tom Dacon

Baggywrinkles

Alisdair

Which give more windage. But if you follow Brion Toss' instructions (he
really seem to be the authority on many rigging questions), you put the
wooden lines between the shrouds, so that they do not protrude outside at
all. And cover the ends with the lashing that keeps them in place. May
still give a bit of chafe, but nowhere near as much as a stick left
pointing out...

-H