I have gone up masts using snap shackles many times, especially when the
shackle in on a wire halyard......while not the safest because of the
risk of them unintentionally opening, make it safe by tying the eye of
the shackle to the bosun's chair with a sail tie or a piece of rope.
Also, put a couple of wraps of electrical tape around the shackle.
You don't want to be tying bowlines in your wire halyard when there is
no need do it.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2015-06-07 10:00 AM, S Thomas via CnC-List wrote:
I agree absolutely where snap shackles are concerned, but wire main
halyards are seldom equipped with such devices.
Steve
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*From:* Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* Marek Dziedzic <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, June 07, 2015 08:48
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List C&C30-1 climb to top of mast?
On the wire halyard you clip into the eye, rather than to the
shackle. The idea is to eliminate as many single failure points as
possible. Another point is that you don't want to hang on a device
that can be easily opened (especially by mistake) - e.g. snap shackle.
Marek
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