Soft Shackle,where have you been all our lives


They are soooo simple yet so useful.

Watched a few YouTube videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNRsDz2KTsE) on how to tie them and we are now converts.  Yes I know, late to the game.

I'm probably over excited because it was only a couple of weeks ago I was attaching a halyard to our staysail (yes it's a hank on) and dropped the pin into the water.


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