On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:13:36 -0800 (PST), Cats
wrote:

That's partly why the strops our weak links are attached are inside
some kind of plastic tube. I have a feeling the BGA recommends this
but I can never find stuff on their website, so don't know if I'm
imagining that.

If you need some written arguments: The German SBO explicitly demands
a stiffened rope between glider and weak link.

See here (if you speak German):
http://www.daec.de/se/downfiles/sbo.pdf


Bye
Andreas