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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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