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News of sailing tragedy off San Francisco? (tethers and attachment methods)
The quick-release shackle has a nice
lanyard on the release pin and it works smoothly. I have never had one of these ... open accidentally. maybe *you* haven't, but most of the sailing world has. snap shackles are thoroughly considered to be no-no's on tethers because they so often come open when the lanyard gets snagged on something. |
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News of sailing tragedy off San Francisco? (tethers and attachment methods)
"JAXAshby" wrote in message ... The quick-release shackle has a nice lanyard on the release pin and it works smoothly. I have never had one of these ... open accidentally. maybe *you* haven't, but most of the sailing world has. snap shackles are thoroughly considered to be no-no's on tethers because they so often come open when the lanyard gets snagged on something. Same thing with the aforementioned snap-carabiners. I'm a (not very accomplished) rock climber of sorts, and a snap gate crab is NEVER used as a primary means of hooking into a line, and the use of a locking (screw gate) crab is frowned on as well- knots are the only safe way, in rock climbing. Of course, it's a bit of a different situation; if the rock sinks you've had it anyway |
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:19:27 -0600, "Wendy"
wrote (with possible editing): Same thing with the aforementioned snap-carabiners. I'm a (not very accomplished) rock climber of sorts, and a snap gate crab is NEVER used as a primary means of hooking into a line, and the use of a locking (screw gate) crab is frowned on as well- knots are the only safe way, in rock climbing. Of course, it's a bit of a different situation; if the rock sinks you've had it anyway No flame intended, Wendy, but in years of rock climbing and tower work, I have never had a locking carabiner open by mistake. Snap gate biners are also commonly used, but in pairs with the gates on opposite sides. -- Larry Email to rapp at lmr dot com |
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News of sailing tragedy off San Francisco? (tethers and attachment methods)
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:19:27 -0600, "Wendy"
wrote (with possible editing): Same thing with the aforementioned snap-carabiners. I'm a (not very accomplished) rock climber of sorts, and a snap gate crab is NEVER used as a primary means of hooking into a line, and the use of a locking (screw gate) crab is frowned on as well- knots are the only safe way, in rock climbing. Of course, it's a bit of a different situation; if the rock sinks you've had it anyway No flame intended, Wendy, but in years of rock climbing and tower work, I have never had a locking carabiner open by mistake. Snap gate biners are also commonly used, but in pairs with the gates on opposite sides. -- Larry Email to rapp at lmr dot com |
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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
... The quick-release shackle has a nice lanyard on the release pin and it works smoothly. I have never had one of these ... open accidentally. maybe *you* haven't, but most of the sailing world has. snap shackles are thoroughly considered to be no-no's on tethers because they so often come open when the lanyard gets snagged on something. I'm not saying it can't happen -- it just hasn't happened to me or my crew during many thousands of miles of blue-water and coastal sailing. The short release lanyard is close to the chest and not easily snagged. Of course it *could* release accidentally, but I feel that the ability to manually quick-release the tether more than compensates for the slight (as I see it) risk of accidental release. If anyone know of a better solution, I would love to hear of it. I thoroughly agree that snap shakles at the boat-end of the tether are unacceptable. -Paul s/v VALIS |
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"Paul" wrote in message ...
"JAXAshby" wrote in message ... The quick-release shackle has a nice lanyard on the release pin and it works smoothly. I have never had one of these ... open accidentally. maybe *you* haven't, but most of the sailing world has. snap shackles are thoroughly considered to be no-no's on tethers because they so often come open when the lanyard gets snagged on something. I'm not saying it can't happen -- it just hasn't happened to me or my crew during many thousands of miles of blue-water and coastal sailing. The short release lanyard is close to the chest and not easily snagged. Of course it *could* release accidentally, but I feel that the ability to manually quick-release the tether more than compensates for the slight (as I see it) risk of accidental release. If anyone know of a better solution, I would love to hear of it. I thoroughly agree that snap shakles at the boat-end of the tether are unacceptable. -Paul s/v VALIS I fully agree with Paul. In over 10 000 miles oif offshore sailing, my Lewmar bronze snapshackle has never opened accidentally. As a matter of fact, it tales a bit of effort to open it deliberately. The "lanyard" (actually a shor "tail") would find it very difficult to snag anywhere. john |
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News of sailing tragedy off San Francisco? (tethers and attachment methods)
well, in my several millions of sea miles on over three thousand ships and
fourteen kayaks ... I'm not saying it can't happen -- it just hasn't happened to me or my crew during many thousands of miles of blue-water and coastal sailing. The short release lanyard is close to the chest and not easily snagged. Of course it *could* release accidentally, but I feel that the ability to manually quick-release the tether more than compensates for the slight (as I see it) risk of accidental release. If anyone know of a better solution, I would love to hear of it. I thoroughly agree that snap shakles at the boat-end of the tether are unacceptable. I fully agree with Paul. In over 10 000 miles oif offshore sailing, my Lewmar bronze snapshackle has never opened accidentally. As a matter of fact, it tales a bit of effort to open it deliberately. The "lanyard" (actually a shor "tail") would find it very difficult to snag anywhere. john |
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News of sailing tragedy off San Francisco? (tethers and attachment methods)
well, in my several millions of sea miles on over three thousand ships and
fourteen kayaks ... I'm not saying it can't happen -- it just hasn't happened to me or my crew during many thousands of miles of blue-water and coastal sailing. The short release lanyard is close to the chest and not easily snagged. Of course it *could* release accidentally, but I feel that the ability to manually quick-release the tether more than compensates for the slight (as I see it) risk of accidental release. If anyone know of a better solution, I would love to hear of it. I thoroughly agree that snap shakles at the boat-end of the tether are unacceptable. I fully agree with Paul. In over 10 000 miles oif offshore sailing, my Lewmar bronze snapshackle has never opened accidentally. As a matter of fact, it tales a bit of effort to open it deliberately. The "lanyard" (actually a shor "tail") would find it very difficult to snag anywhere. john |
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