my main halyard is, I believe, specifically made for head
boards. I like the blue Wichard one, which I believe they call a “thimble”
shackle.
From: Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
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Two reasons for a headboard shackle on the main rather than a snap swivel:
Headboard shackles are designed to accommodate a longer length from the sail
cringle to the edge of the sail which generally is a fixed U shaped forging.
This is much stronger than a pivoting closure that is found on a swi
I don’t use a snap shackle any more for the jib, since it stays up for months
at a time or more. It is a screw-in shackle with safety wire holding it.
The main shackle is one that screws in and out. It has never loosened itself. I
think the longest the main has been up continuously is maybe 6 or
