Rigging Shackles

Jimmy Green Marine offers a comprehensive choice of rigging shackles and end fittings, providing ergonomic, secure terminal solutions for all your running rigging applications.

The Jimmy Green Rigging Team suggest that you select the type of attachment you require based on these criteria:

• The application: sheet, control line or halyard
• How quickly and easily you wish to fasten and unfasten the shackle
• How temporary or permanent an attachment is required
• Whether the shackle will need to be released under load
• Whether weight is a factor
• Would a 'soft' solution be preferable
• Will an extra purchase be required to increase the tension for performance purposes
• Will a retentive shackle pin be required to prevent losing it during use

Jimmy Green Rigging Shackles for rope and wire rope are available in different designs to suit different applications:

Jimmy Green Helpful Hints on Snap Shackle Selection

Snap shackles are most popular in marine-grade stainless steel, but are also available in traditional bronze and specialist lightweight nylon.

Jimmy Green offers a choice of top manufacturers: Wichard, Tylaska, hamma and Proboat in marine-grade stainless steel, plus Brookes & Adams in Bronze.

The Choice between a Fixed or Swivel Eye Snap Shackle

A Fixed eye is generally recommended where the application is not required to rotate – ideal for headsail halyards.

A Swivel eye allows the rope to rotate when subjected to an alteration in the angle of the load induced by, for example, gybing - ideal for spinnaker halyards and sheets.

The Choice between Side Opening or Top Opening Snap Shackles

Side Opening is the norm for most applications.

Top Opening allows the shackle to be released under load without snagging on the shackle arm, ideal for, e.g. Spinnaker/Gennaker Sheets and Guys.

Why Choose a Quick-Release Snap Shackle

Quick-Release Snap Shackles are designed so that the arm can be released under load with a yank/tug on a lanyard attached to the plunger pin.

Why Choose a Trigger Latch Snap Shackle

Trigger Latch Snap Shackles can be released while the line is under extreme tension - the snap shackle is detached by inserting a fid or spike into the release aperture.

Jimmy Green Captive Pin Shackles, With and Without Bar

Captive Pin shackles are designed so that when the pin is unscrewed to open the aperture, it is still attached, a real bonus when trying to handle small objects on a moving deck because the pin can't be dropped and lost.

Captive Pin Shackles are also available with a removable intermediate bar, which secures the shackle to the eye on the end of the line, ideal for Main Halyards (see the top left image in the banner above)

Jimmy Green offers Soft Shackles from Marlow and LIROS

Soft Shackles are removable and adjustable rope loops constructed from 12-strand Dyneema.

Dyneema Soft Shackles are excellent for a wide range of applications, such as headsail sheets.

Soft Shackles are lightweight, kind to hands and sails, and much less likely to cause physical harm to the crew when the clew is flogging violently.