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Hands up for those people who prefer end boom sheeting.

Yes but a German mainsheet typically has much line to pull in AND it almost always on a winch. You probably don't care about the extra friction because the winch just takes care of it. This diagram has a 5:1 purchase on a 28' boat. On that size boat you're certainly only going to be using the...

That type of rope is fine for a 28' boat. Mainsheets can be a bit stretchy if they are multi part tackles. The only part that sees higher loads is the last section going to the winch. This person isn't racing where you don't want to give up any force in stretching a rope.

do not do this with rings. Rings are OK for high load/small deflection/not much movement (i.e. static a lot of the time)