John: I don't have a roller furler on Sweet Dream but I do use push pins on the forestay, jib clevis, and lower rudder pintle. I replaced all the cotter pins on the shrouds and elsewhere with SS rings and taped them in place for extra security. I have a piece of shoelace tied to the ring at the base of the pushpin. The lace wraps around the front of the pin with several half hitches and a bowknot to keep it in place and prevent it accidentaly pulling out. I sometimes use plastic cable ties to secure the pushpins and cut them away when I de-rig. Steve Eslemann (Scamp) had his forestay come loose on a trip to Catalina and only the jib downhaul saved him from losing the mast. It pays to be safe. I don't know why you are disconnecting the shrouds at the chainplates. I leave them connected all the time. The mast comes down and goes up with the shrouds connected. The only time I've ever taken them loose was when I had to stow the mast during Hurricane Ivan. Fair winds Don L M-15 # 620