[Public-List] Jib tack shackle

[David Gilbert]

Our Alberg is a later model #620, liner type 1977. The jib sheets came  
with a snap shackle fitted to both port and starboard sheets. In time,  
we felt that it was a bit dangerous in high winds and if it hit you on  
the head or anywhere, could do some damage; so, we now tie only the  
sheets through the clew eye with bowlines. Very secure and much safer.
David
On 6-Aug-13, at 3:36 PM, Stephen Gwyn wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> We were pounding to windward the other day and things started to
> break. I'm going to post these in two separate e-mails to keep
> the threads straight.
>
> I have hank on jibs. The shackle holding down the tack of the jib  
> snapped.
> I replaced it with a few lashings of high-tech Amsteel line.
> Based on the markings on the broken shackle, it was the one on the  
> bottom
> left of the first page of this document:
> http://www.banda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/yacht-fittings.pdf
>
> Were these standard on Alberg 30s?
> Does anybody else have one?
> If not, does anybody have a recommendation about a suitable
> replacement?
>
> SG
>
>
>
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