Make yourself a continuous jib sheet and join it with a Dyneema soft shackle. No more dents in your mast. The soft shackle loop can be undone very simply to use on a jib clew eye and then reattached.

Soft Shackles are versatile, safe & easy to use, making them excellent steel shackle replacements—drastically saving weight.
Approx. dia rope 8mm (Rope is Dyneema SK78)
The overall diameter (Internal) of the loop is 5.5cm
Overall Internal loop length = 8m

Exceedingly high strength-to-weight ratio
Will not rust or corrode
No tools required
Maintains high strength around tight-radius bends
Low elongation
Abrasion-resistant
High resistance to bending fatigue