Like others, I use soft shackles. Touche' has double lower shrouds. Bowline knots always hung up on the forward lower shrouds. Soft shackles eliminated the problem. Got them from apsltd. See:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_sb5TfIENvsMU9xOXBVd3F5Slk I just bought another one for attaching a spring line to the toe rail. Got it off eBay. They're so cheap on eBay it isn't worth making my own. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 2:57 PM Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Listers, > > Does anyone use a shackle for their genoa sheets instead of a knot? If so, > how big? What type? What kind of breaking strength? > >
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