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3/16 Dyneema Shackle Loop
$27.95 -
1/8 Dyneema Shackle Loop
$21.95 -
5/32 Dyneema Shackle Loop
$24.95 -
Tylaska Blue Plastic Spool Shackle
$12.71
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Tylaska Spool Shackle 1/4 - 6mm
$34.46 -
Antal Dyneema Snap Loop w/o Cover, 100 mm Long
$27.20 -
Antal Covered Dyneema Snap Loop, 125 mm Long
$43.18 -
Wichard SoftLink Soft Shackle, 4mm Stainless & Dyneema SK 78
$31.43
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Tylaska Spool Shackle 5/32 - 4mm
$29.96 -
Tylaska Spool Shackle 3/16 - 5mm
$32.21 -
Antal Dyneema Snap Loop w/o Cover 110 mm Long
$35.70 -
Tylaska Spool Shackle 1/8 - 3mm
$27.71
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Antal Dyneema Snap Loop w/o Cover, 160 mm Long
$62.90 -
Antal Covered Dyneema Snap Loop, 200 mm Long
$75.65 -
Wichard SoftLink Soft Shackle, 3mm Stainless & Dyneema SK 78
$24.43 -
Wichard SoftLink Soft Shackle, 5mm Stainless & Dyneema SK 78
$54.90
More information on Soft Shackles & Loops:
Whether you call them soft shackles, softies, or loops - it’s clear that spliced Dyneema shackles are quickly becoming the norm on high performance race boats from the America’s Cup to moths and everything in between. Extremely lightweight and strong, these can replace shackles almost anywhere you need them and happen to be ideal for jib sheets as they won’t bang up your mast or get chewed up by inhaulers. Our rope shackle loops are also a great way to attach blocks like the Harken T2 or Airblocks to a padeye, toerail, or boom when you need a block to be able to rotate and pivot in ways a shackle won’t allow. A Velcro securing strap comes with each shackle to prevent the loop from coming undone in no-load flogging situations.
Spliced onto the end of a stripped halyard, it’s the lightest weight halyard attachment available. These Dyneema shackle loops are offered in a wide range of diameters and lengths. Developed in-house by APS expert riggers, they are all made in the APS rigging shop and can be custom made to any length you need.
Harken has unveiled LOUPS - a new product designed to replace steel shackles, providing greater strength at a fraction of steel's weight. Using UHMW Braid, Harken's engineers overlap consecutive coils, then splice the ends to create a single loop of overlapping lines. That multiple-strand loop is then encased in a 48 carrier polyethylene sleeve to reduce abrasion. The completed loop then undergoes Harken's proprietary process to equalize stress across each strand, ensuring maximum strength when the finished LOUP is ultimately installed.
The EquipLite connector boasts a weight savings of approximately 80% to 90% over comparable stainless steel fittings. Its softer materials result in less damage to masts, spinnaker tracks, topsides, etc. when flogging; combined with its lighter weight, the risk of injury from flogging is also reduced. It uses high tensile allow and DSK 75 Ultra loops to take the connection load with a high tensile aluminum body. Dyneema loops have a UV coating to protect them.
Check out the APS blog for more tips and tricks on Soft Shackles:
How to Choose and Use Soft Shackles
When, Where & How to Use a Spool Shackle
Ti-Lite Soft Attach Blocks Lashing
APS Dyneema Shackle Loops- DSLs
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