dyneema soft shackle - magic!

[Burnham Bob]

I had to attach a block to a rail and was looking for a carabiner or shackle. Andy at Yachting Solutions here in Burnham suggested a dyneema soft shackle which he did on the spot. I think it's a complicated sort of splice but I imagine lots of chandlers can do it.


It worked a treat, has all the breaking strain of dyneema and doesn't rattle!

 

[Pye_End]

I had to attach a block to a rail and was looking for a carabiner or shackle. Andy at Yachting Solutions here in Burnham suggested a dyneema soft shackle which he did on the spot. I think it's a complicated sort of splice but I imagine lots of chandlers can do it.


It worked a treat, has all the breaking strain of dyneema and doesn't rattle!

Made my first one a couple of weeks ago. Very good youtube demos, and is surprisingly easy. Much cheaper than buying the thing complete.

 

[ditchcrawler]

I use it for attaching my genoa sheets with soft eyes to the genny.No more
catching on the babystay as I tack.In 3rd season of use now.

 

[dulcibella]

Not only genoa sheets to genny but several hold my kedge to the pushpit in a stable but rattle-free way. They are simple (even fun) to make from any appropriate tye of single-braid.

 

[mixmaster]

Yes. Easy to make. Good demos on you tube out there. You need to use pure dyneema (without cover) or just strip the cover if that's what you have. You also need some finds and whipping twine.

 

[Frankie-H]

You should always have a few loops (I think they are called beckets). Very easy to splice in 3 strand line. Slightly more difficult in laid rope. Saves a hell of a lot of abrasion and chafe anywhere where there is rope onto metal or metal to metal.
I also goes a long way to saving the problems of long term Aluminium to Stainless.

Any time you have a tired piece of line, keep the ends and make a spliced loop.

 

[wklein]

Very easy to make a senate, just as easy in braid line. I made a dyneema shackle for the clew of my old mainsail to secure it to boom instead of those stupid velcro ones, works a charm a slides easier when outhaul adjusted.

I also needed some spectacles for the mainsail reefs and modified the splice so that they interlocked. Nothing to bang paint off mast and easier on the hands.