Nick,

Can I assume you have also used the 5:1 as a comparison?

As for the rachet, I haven`t really noticed the locking effect you have mentioned. The ratchet spins in the way you have described, but when it is turned on, all I really notice is some extra drag on the sheet when paying it out. However, I have never purposely tried to lock the line in as you suggest. Does this "locking" remove a lot of the strain while holding a loaded sheet, or is it a more subtle relief of strain? And, to create this locking effect I assume one must have the sheet in hand at all times with a certain amount of tension so as to hold the sheet in the grooves of the rachet?


Dave