sailchris
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yes, across the front of the cockpit, so it would be just infront of the boom block, so you would never strangle yourself, and it would not be attached to the boom. You tie the mainsheet around the boom, take it down to the block attached to the bridel, then to the boom block, and back to the mainsheet block
So, the load on the mainsheet would be higher because the sheet is now attached to the middle rather than the end of the boom. The boom would bend in the middle causing all kinds of leech problems, and the boom would be pulled to the centerline of the boat by the length of the bridle, causing sheeting angle problems.
Why is this a good idea?