Dyneema Loop Soft Shackle

With the evolution of modern ropes sailors are inventing thousands of use cases for Dyneema loops. The team at bottom up boat recently saw a great use case that turns a dyneema loop into a soft shackle in seconds.

With soft shackles replacing tradition shackles at a speed we have never scene before most spare parts kits now carry several soft shackle and at the very least a few meters of Dyneema so you can make your own as required.

If you need to make a soft shackle in a hurry we suggest stocking your spare parts kit with several dyneema loops of a variety of lengths. Using this technique demonstrated in this video you can turn your Dyneema loops into soft shackles in seconds.

Depending on the width of you rope and the use case you can choose between the :-

"Over Hand loop knot"
   • How to tie a Over Hand Loop Knot  

or the

"Double over hand loop knot"
   • Master the Double Over Hand Loop Knot...  

to finish your soft shackle.

Need learn to tie a dyneema loop ? You can learn in less than 5 minutes by watching another Bottom Up Boats demo video.

How to create Dyneema Loop
   • How to make a Dyneema Loop  

If you need to get the gear to help you create your continuous dyneema loops you can pick pick up a D-Splicer from the link below.

D-Splicer
https://amzn.to/35TIcQj

The team at bottom up boats recommends using these soft shackles when you are in a hurry and on use cases were there is not a lot of movement of the shackle for example fixing blocks to a fixed point. If you are attaching sheets to sails and there will be a lot of movement we suggest traditional splice soft shackles which have a more secure locking point.

Our favourite soft shackle use a combination of an eye splice and the overhand knot to create a soft shackle with 230% breaking strain of a single length of the rope.

Our favourite soft shackle.
   • Stronger Soft Shackle (MK 2)  

We hope you enjoyed todays video where the team at bottom up boats showed you how to make a continuous dyneema loop. As an amazon associate the team at bottom up boats gets commission from qualify purchase.