Wichard Soft Shackle
Originating from the racing world, textile shackles in Dyneema are now widespread among amateurs. Stainless steel shackles are gradually being replaced because textile shackles such as Softlink offer more advantages:
- equal or superior strength
- less aggressive towards sails, deck gelcoat...
- higher torsional flexibility
- more applications
- 4 to 5 times lighter
- no need for allen keys or dismantlers
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WICHARD TEXTILE SHACKLE : THE TEXTILE SHACKLE FOR ALL
Originating from the racing world, textile shackles in Dyneema are now widespread among amateurs. Stainless steel shackles are gradually being replaced because textile shackles such as Softlink offer more advantages:
- equal or superior strength
- less aggressive towards sails, deck gelcoat...
- higher torsional flexibility
- more applications
- 4 to 5 times lighter
- no need for allen keys or dismantlers
The Wichard Softlink system is a very easy to use alternative based on a simple loop and therefore even more versatile.
Examples of use: pulley hitch, hitting a sheet on a light spinnaker, halyard shackle...
Click on "See the size guide" to know the dimensions, the working load and the breaking load.
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