Thimble vs Shackle Splice

03-09-2009, 12:35 PM

matt the rigger matt the rigger is offline

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I would use a thimble on the swivel\shackle. If it's not going through the windless,and it obviously is not. I believe any time you can eliminate rope to steel chafe with thimble is a good practice.
Matt

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