Posted by Mike Field on March 05, 2009 at 12:45:45 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: Timeless tranquillity posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on March 05, 2009 at 11:18:45:
Absolutely, Andrew. By no means was I advocating either -- just stating the historical facts as I saw them.
Although I have used a shackle in the circumstances described, I would certainly now advocate either (a) the use of two separate bowlines, (b) a double overhand knot in the centre of a doubled sheet, or (c) the "Dutchman's method" with an eye splice and manrope knot -- in any case, a rope-made fastening, not a metal one.