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Soft Shackle Failure

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Bill Balme	Bill Balme posted 22 Jul 2019 Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 269, Visits: 1K	I found a place I can't use a soft shackle that I thought was a natural... Attaching the clew of my main to the outhaul car. I was fed up with the hard shackle clacking against the car when at anchor so I made a soft shackle using 8mm diameter Dineema - but in less than 3 months of sailing, it nearly chafed through! Is this the wrong place to use a soft shackle - or did I screw up in it's making or in it's use? The shackle was quite a big one - to go through the car and the clew and also to attach the outhaul line to... Your thoughts and criticisms welcomed! Bill Balme s/v Toodle-oo!
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Dick	Dick posted 23 Jul 2019 Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 970, Visits: 1.3K	+x Bill Balme - 7/22/2019 I found a place I can't use a soft shackle that I thought was a natural... Attaching the clew of my main to the outhaul car. I was fed up with the hard shackle clacking against the car when at anchor so I made a soft shackle using 8mm diameter Dineema - but in less than 3 months of sailing, it nearly chafed through! Is this the wrong place to use a soft shackle - or did I screw up in it's making or in it's use? The shackle was quite a big one - to go through the car and the clew and also to attach the outhaul line to... Your thoughts and criticisms welcomed!
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