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Jib sheet questions and hand wringing
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:31:35 -0600, sherwindu wrote: All these horror stories makes me wonder. I have used snap shackles for 35 years and never had the slightest problem. You've been fortunate. There are actually conditions where some snap shackles are able to flog themselves open just from inertial forces. I had one set that needed to have extra strong springs installed on the shackle pin because it was happening too routinely. Having the release pin or its lanyard snag on something is another proven shackle opener. We had a situation on one of our boats where that happened at the tack on a jib. It was a few years ago... the halyard wasn't all the way up and was bouncing up and down enough to pop the shackle. I believe the shackle was defective, so I'm not sure if that was the reason or if it would have happened anyway. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |