How to make a soft shackle

[conachair]

Just came across this site and thought it worthy of sharing..

Soft Shackles

Soft Shackles

Cos soft shackles are wonderful with so many uses around the boat

[rubyjean]

Check out Colligo Marine, they have a nice video on making these.. Michael..

colligomarine.com/

[SVNeko]

Nick from Jedi put up a very informative post on making these not too long ago.

[conachair]

Originally Posted by rubyjean

Check out Colligo Marine, they have a nice video on making these.. Michael..

colligomarine.com/

Ta, yeah I'd come across that one as well. The L36 site is handy for me as I keep forgetting how to do the diamond knot, downloaded the page so it's always to hand now. Just made a couple to hang up the jib sheets off the push pit, lots more to follow So easy to make loops and strops as well.

[conachair]

Sorry but had to bump this again, just dug a bit deeper into this site..

L-36.com

It's great, full of useful & interesting stuff. Links to published science papers on rope & knot strength plus much more . Well worth bookmarking.

[tamicatana]

I love L36, it's a great resource. The guy's name is Allen. He posts with some regularity at Sailing Anarchy as well.

[conachair]

Originally Posted by tamicatana

I love L36, it's a great resource. The guy's name is Allen. He posts with some regularity at Sailing Anarchy as well.

Well researched also

Anyway, a rather posh boat i did a delivery on recently had a lot of lines with piece of hi tech spliced as a tail into a snapshackle or whatever, had a quick google but couldn't find much on a good splice to use between double braid & something like amsteel blue or tech 12. Thinking it would help as a long tail to the jib sheets, get rid of the bowlines which always get snagged on the inner forestay and get rid of some weight off the clew in light airs.

Any pointers to a good splice?

Ta

[tamicatana]

What is usually done is that the cover is removed from the tail part.