Hard to undo quickly, especially if you have to switch tethers when moving
around... I can't think of any other reason.

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"j" ganz @@
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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I think this was discussed recently here but it wasn't on my radar screen
at the time. Apologies if it's too soon to bring it up again.

Would someone please tell me why standard snap shackles shouldn't be used
for safety harness tethers, at least on a casual cruising boat where
midnight headsail changes and spinnaker dousing isn't part of the normal
drill?

I looked at the double acting Winchard shackles that are supposed to be
the latest and greatest and the designer in me goes "Ugh". Your fingers
are in the way of what you want to clip to and the sharp edges are going
to be hard on jacklines or any other fiber. The tightwad in me says
something even less printable.

Does anyone have another recommendation for a boat where there is very
little deck work or much unclipping and moving around?

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Roger Long