Wickstretcher partial result

[Jason Summers]

I tried to complete a c/4 diagonal wickstretcher, and found what I thought was a breakthrough, but I just can't make it work. Can anyone help finish it?

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x = 72, y = 81, rule = B3/S23
39bo$38boo$38bobo$$41boo$41boo$32b3o$32bo3booboo$35bob3obo$32bo3b3obbo
$27boo4bobo$26boo6bo29bo$28bo$30bo3boo$23boo4b3obbo29bo$22boo4bo5boo$
24bobboobo3bo$26boobbo33bo$$26bobo30boo$26bo32bobbo3boobboo$25b3o33boo
bbobbobbo$15bo11bo33b3obbobobo$14boo7boo35bo3b3oboboo$14bobo6boobbo32b
oo5bo$21bo38bo3b3o$11bo5bob3o4boobo31b3o$10boo4boo3boobobo3bo30bobbo$
10bobobboobbo37boo3boobo$14bo11bobboobo23bobbobbobbo$13booboo9bobo3bo
22bobobboboo$14bo40boobobo$6boobo19bobboobo22boboo$6bo3bo19bobo3bo18b
4o$6bo4bob4o37bo4boo$8bobobbobo16bobboobo16boobbo3boo$7bobo23bobo3bo
17boboboobo$7b3o47bobo3bo$boo5boo25bobboobo13boobo$oo5boo27bobo3bo13bo
bboobo$bbo4bo48bo3boo$4boobboo28bobboobo12b3o$4boo33bobo3bo13bobo$61b
oo$41bobboobo13boo$42bobo3bo11b3o$60b3o$44bobboobo10bo$45bobo3bo$$47bo
bboobo$48bobo3bo3b5o$$50bobboobooboo$51bobo5bo$57bo$53bobbo$53bobo$51b
o$46bo4boboo$46bo4bobo$44bobo4bo$43boobo4bo$46bo$42bobo$41bobbo$40bo$
38bo5bobo$37boobooboobbo$$35b5o3bo3bobo$44boboobbo$$46bo3bobo$34bo12bo
boobbo$$32bo16bo3bobo$50boboobbo$30bo$52bo3bo$53boboo!

[Sokwe]

Breakthrough indeed! This was surprisingly easy to find:

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x = 79, y = 79, rule = B3/S23
38b2o$37b2o$39bo$41b2o$40bo$32b2o$32bo2b2o2bo2bo$32bob3o2bo$33bo4bo2bo
$27bo5bo6bo$26b2o5bo2bo$26bobo$33bo$23bo5bob3obo$22b2o4b2o3bo$22bobo2b
2o2bobobo$26bo6bobo$25b2ob2o$26bo2$26bo$24b2o$14b2o7bobo$13b2o7bo$15bo
5bo2b2obo$17bo3b2obo3bo$10b2o4b3obo$9b2o4bo8bo2b2obo$11bo2b2obo7bobo3b
o$13b2o2bo$27bo2b2obo$13bobo12bobo3bo$5b3o5bo61b2o$5bo2b3ob5o13bo2b2ob
o22b4o11b4o$7bo23bobo3bo20bo4bo9bo2bobo$6b2o5bob2o41bo3bobo7bobo2b2o$
6b2o2bo22bo2b2obo19bo3bobo5bobo$bo32bobo3bo24bo4b2o$2o6bo56bo4b3o$obo
3b2o28bo2b2obo19bo2bo5bobo$4bo4bo27bobo3bo19b2o7b2o$3bo4bo59bo$3bo2bo
32bo2b2obo21b3o$40bobo3bo20b3o$67b3o$42bo2b2obo10b2o6b3o$43bobo3bo8b4o
6bo$57bobo2bo$45bo2b2obo5b2o2bobo$46bobo3bo9bobo2b2o$64b2o2b2o$48bo2b
2obo8b3ob3o$49bobo3bo6bobo2b3o$62b2o3b3o$51bo2b2obo10bo$52bobo3bo2$47b
2o5bo2b2obo$34b2o10bobo6bobo3bo3b5o$33bo2bo8b3o$33bo11b2o10bo2b2ob2ob
2o$33bo12bobo9bobo5bo$33bobo3bo7bobo2b2o10bo$34bobo3bo7bo2bobo6bo2bo$
35bo4bo8b4o7bobo$36b4o10b2o6bo$58bob2o$42b4o3bob3o4bobo$41b6o2b6o3bo$
42b4o4b4o4bo$37b2o$36b4o$35bo2bobo$34bobo2b2o$33bobo$32b2o$32b3o$33bob
o$34b2o!

Edit: I would really like to see a c/5 diagonal wickstretcher that stretches one of these period-2 wicks:

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x = 102, y = 48, rule = B3/S23
64b2o$60b2obo2bo$59bobobobo$58bo3b2o2b3o$57bob3o7bo$56bobo2b5obobo$55b
o2bo5bob3o$55b2ob2o2bo2bo$57bobob4ob3o$55b3obo2bo5bo$22b2o30bo4b2obo2b
obo$22bo31bobo2bobo2bo$23bobo29bobo2bobo4bobo$57bob2obobobo$22b3ob2o
29bo2bob2o5bobo$2o56b2o6bobo$o27b2o41bobo$bobo64bobo$30b2o41bobo$3bobo
64bobo$32b2o41bobo$5bobo64bobo$34b2o41bobo$7bobo64bobo$36b2o41bobo$9bo
bo64bobo$38b2o41bobo$11bobo64bobo$14bo25b2o41bobo$13b2o65bobo$42b2o41b
obo$48b2o32bobo$44b2obobo37bobo6b2o$84bobo5b2obo2bo$46bo2bo39bobobob2o
bo$48bo37bobo4bobo2bobo$48bo42bo2bobo2bobo$88bobo2bob2o4bo$87bo5bo2bob
3o$87b3ob4obobo$90bo2bo2b2ob2o$87b3obo5bo2bo$86bobob5o2bobo$86bo7b3obo
$87b3o2b2o3bo$90bobobobo$89bo2bob2o$90b2o!