[Public-List] Jib tack shackle

[Gordon Laco]

I think the shackle in this talk is at the tack...

I agree, sheet shackles can be lethal.

Gord #426 Surprise


On 06/08/13 5:43 PM, "David Gilbert" <bigkanu at rogers.com> wrote:

> 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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