Firstly thanks to all those who posted their ideas on the site. I have modeled my variant particularly on the posts from Bob and Clintvava.
I wanted something that could be adjusted and hence now have these spectra lines with jam cleats on all akas.
I have them coming from the forward bungie plug so that when they are tight I can still fold the AMAs in. If they were in the aft plug as the AMA is folded in the distance increases and they would either need to be quite loose when in operation or slackened off before folding - neither of which I wanted.
I used four 500mm lengths of 2mm Spectra and 4 plastic micro cam cleats.
Looking forward to trying them out when we get up to Port Stephens in a bit over a week.
Here's some photos.
To get the spectra through the plug, I found I needed to stretch the bungie which widened the gap.
A simple figure 8 knot keeps the cleat in position on the line.
I feed the loose line end coming out of the jam cleat under the line to the AMA and back up through the cleat, finishing it off with a half hitch, which ensures it can't accidentally come loose.
And the final product.
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