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• Question on line for halyards
  • Use Knots
    • Yep, knots
  • Had a halyard made out of Sta-SetX a few years ago.
  • We have always had eyes with shackles on halyards.
    • Rope Inc. in Ft. Lauderdale will do it all and mail to you
    • Make work
      • might be a couple of other reasons to use knots?
        • We had a plastic disk above the splice
        • "They look very "nautical" and are shiny."
      • Looks are everything
        • True enough
        • clamptite
          • Have your wife....
            • As an occasional racer...
              • Here is a link to a soft shackle...
              • Dyneema is more UV resistent than other materials
            • Hold on
              • Agreed.
    • I just tie a knot
  • use Knots. Buntline hitch or bowline