Those look like they'll work fine. If you're not using a swivel shackle the only thing that you have to pay attention to is the potential for twisting of the sail foot. That's never been a problem for me since I'm not racing. I can take the time to raise the sail and then attach the tack once a clear and straight line can be seen. I love the engineering and consideration that goes into Selden products.
How often are you changing sails on your furler? If you are racing and need to do quick sail changes why rig the furler at all? Couldn't you just leave the swivel at the bottom? Attach the head directly to the halyard and the tack would be attached to the normal location on the furler drum. I'm pretty sure most furlers will still give access to both furler grooves with the swivel down. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sat, May 19, 2018, 5:54 AM David Knecht via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Aries is due to splash on Monday and spring projects are mostly done. One > thing I have not yet done is replace the standard shackles on the Harken > furler top and bottom units with snap shackles to make head and tack > attachment during sail change easier. I have been looking at shackles to > decide what to use and the standard seems to be swivel snap shackles. > However, I also came across these non-swivel snap shackles that are much > less expensive and seem like they might be suitable. My question is whether > there is any need to use a swivel shackle in this application? Since the > drum at the top and bottom can both rotate, I can’t see why you would need > a swivel on the shackle itself. I was thinking about something like these > and would appreciate the group's thoughts: > > > https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1%7C2259973%7C2260013%7C2260026&id=1943639 > > or > > https://www.mauriprosailing.com/us/product/SEL40604001R.html > > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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