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  1. Diane Nelson
    January 18, 2019 @ 6:37 pm

    Picture #3. They are designed for side loads.

  2. Joe Schmidbauer
    January 18, 2019 @ 8:25 pm

    Picture number 1.

  3. Josh Wallace
    January 19, 2019 @ 6:55 am

    Picture 3

  4. M diDonato
    January 19, 2019 @ 6:56 am

    3 , sheer is much stronger

  5. Tim Hodges
    January 19, 2019 @ 7:03 am

    #3

  6. John Montgomery
    January 19, 2019 @ 7:03 am

    Picture 2

  7. TonyB
    January 19, 2019 @ 7:06 am

    #3 – side load only!

  8. Robert Salnick
    January 19, 2019 @ 7:06 am

    Picture #3. But for the Wichard, pull should be in the opposite direction, where *two* screws would be in shear.

  9. Scott MacCready
    January 19, 2019 @ 7:07 am

    Picture #3

  10. Rob on Avant
    January 19, 2019 @ 7:13 am

    Three (3).

  11. theBosun
    January 19, 2019 @ 7:55 am

    Photo 3 in my experience.

  12. Robert Hagberg
    January 19, 2019 @ 8:05 am

    Picture number 3

  13. Robert Hagberg
    January 19, 2019 @ 8:06 am

    Picture 3

  14. Devan Mullins
    January 19, 2019 @ 8:25 am

    Picture # 3. Dev

  15. Michael Richmond
    January 19, 2019 @ 8:30 am

    Picture 1

  16. Tom Dixon
    January 19, 2019 @ 8:31 am

    I’m gonna say picture 2 due to the shear.

  17. Stuart Sheldon
    January 19, 2019 @ 11:35 am

    Picture 3

  18. Greg Bridges
    January 19, 2019 @ 12:36 pm

    Picture 2 because the line loads are aligned with the bails of the padeyes.

  19. Jason Hudson
    January 19, 2019 @ 12:41 pm

    #3. Percentages for pull direction are on Harken’ site. I think so are Wichard’s (I’ll have to double check).

  20. Adam Kerner
    January 19, 2019 @ 12:49 pm

    Picture #2

  21. Hugh Lane
    January 19, 2019 @ 2:42 pm

    #3

  22. Don Krafft
    January 19, 2019 @ 3:54 pm

    I think picture 3 shows the correct loading of the pad eyes.

    Thanks,
    Don Krafft

  23. Kenneth Ferrari
    January 19, 2019 @ 4:25 pm

    None of the photos show the correct orientation of the Wichard’s greatest strength. For greatest strength, the load would be to the left.

    • Brion Toss
      January 19, 2019 @ 6:06 pm

      Thanks for the note. It is true, that there is a greater articulation for that padeye when it is pulled to the left, but as far as I know Wichard doesn’t deduct for strength on either side, so long as the bail doesn’t jam against the base. It was just starting to do that in my picture, and I am going to call attention to that detail in the follow up post. Meanwhile I have decided just to revise the pictures in the first post, as other people could not see what was going on at all. In the new post, the bail is being pulled to the side where greater articulation is available.
      Thanks so much for the commentary. So, which of the three arrangements would you choose now?

      • Kenneth Ferrari
        January 20, 2019 @ 8:40 am

        It’s been a few years since I installed my Wichard padeyes, but I seem to recall the instructions suggesting not to point load the bail. If what you say is true, then the Wichard photos are all equally strong. If that’s the case, the real question lies with the Harken padeye. Harken suggests keeping the load in line with the bail, so photo #1 is incorrect. That means photo 2 and 3 are equivalent from the Harken perspective. And, since Wichard doesn’t care, photos 2 and 3 are indistinguishable from a strength perspective. However, if I have to choose one photo, I pick 3 because it agrees with what I “thought” I knew.

        • Brion Toss
          January 20, 2019 @ 7:21 pm

          As it happens, Wichard disagrees with you. You’ll see details of this when I post the results. Oh, this is fun!

      • JB
        January 20, 2019 @ 10:49 am

        No. 3 is how I would set them up on my sailboat – for jacklines and Solent stays.

  24. Elton
    January 19, 2019 @ 5:49 pm

    #2 for me

  25. James Corriveau
    January 19, 2019 @ 6:41 pm

    #3

  26. Hank Hoyt
    January 19, 2019 @ 8:07 pm

    I learned about tying down cargo when I was loading aircraft. The rule was for a 30º
    up from level or away from straight line. Photo #3 appears to be the closest.

  27. Tom Sailor
    January 19, 2019 @ 9:46 pm

    No 3 for me too. Strong resistence to shearing pull by both padeyes.

  28. Gary Scott
    January 20, 2019 @ 2:23 am

    No 3

  29. Geoff Schultz
    January 20, 2019 @ 2:51 am

    3

  30. Ian Leedell
    January 20, 2019 @ 4:29 am

    Arrangement 3 is correct.

  31. Tom Dixon
    January 20, 2019 @ 4:40 am

    Picture 3 shear loads look better

  32. Joseph M
    January 20, 2019 @ 7:50 am

    Arrangement #1 is the only one that shows the Harken at load angle “1” per their website, which is the angle that the manufacturer specifies for maximum load. I couldn’t find specific load angle information from Wichard for their website, but their current listings all describe the folding padeyes as “regardless of the angle of the load”.

  33. Theodore j GIROUARD
    January 20, 2019 @ 10:18 am

    #3 strength is distributed to the hull

  34. joe taylor
    January 20, 2019 @ 12:21 pm

    #3.

  35. Bruce Roe
    January 21, 2019 @ 9:24 am

    #3

  36. Rich Findley
    January 21, 2019 @ 2:34 pm

    #3 for sure

  37. Jim wolf
    January 21, 2019 @ 3:59 pm

    I will stick with #3.
    Doubt if would win but it was fun. Thanks.

  38. Tom Miller
    January 21, 2019 @ 5:16 pm

    #3

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  40. Larry Johnson
    January 23, 2019 @ 9:57 am

    I’ll take #3, please.