Jeff, something happened to my shackle a few years back,
can't recall at the moment, but I simply tied the halyard to
the headboard. You see any problem with that?

Scotty




"Jeff" wrote in
A "well done splice" is generally stronger than a knot,
but its easy
to see that a knot is well tied, but its harder to tell if
a splice is
well done. I've seen more splices fail than knots.

The real question is "How much strength is needed?" I
think halyard
tension is well under 1000 pounds, while the strength of
the line with
a knot is probably 5 times that.