Tylaska End Fittings

The Jimmy Green Rigging Team endorse Tylaska Marine Hardware: Aerospace-level engineering, for Top Level Performance.

Tylaska is a name synonymous with high-performance sailing hardware, trusted by professional crews and offshore racers for its innovation, reliability and build quality. Manufactured in the USA, Tylaska marine hardware is precision-machined from aerospace-grade materials to meet the demanding loads and fast-paced handling of modern yachts.

The Jimmy Green Rigging Team have selected a range to complement the Jimmy Green Online Custom Build System for Running Rigging.

Tylaska Trigger Latch Snap Shackles: Facts, Features and Plus Factors

• 100% proof loading to W.L.L.
• High-strength 17-4 PH stainless steel
• Exceptional load-to-weight ratio
• Effortless release under high tension with a spike or fid
• Ideal for spinnaker sheets, halyards, and tactical manoeuvres
• Precision manufactured in the USA
• Ergonomically designed for one-handed opening and closing under load with a snap lock action.
• Standard or Large Bail swivel eye - allows rotation for helping to maintain sail shape

Tylaska CR Snap Shackles: Facts, Features and Plus Factors

• Conformed to the norm, but a more streamlined solution
• 100% proof loading to W.L.L.
• High-strength 17-4 PH stainless steel
• Superior corrosion resistance
• Sleek snag-resistant geometry
• Captive plunger-pin mechanism with firm spring action
• Captive crimped plunger pin 

Tylaska Halyard Shackles, with and without sheave:  Facts, Features and Plus Factors

• 2:1 purchase
• Friction-free ferrule
• No moving parts
• Captive securing pin
• 17.4ph high resistance stainless steel pin
• Can be used as a single purchase
• Maximum strength-to-weight ratio

Tylaska Marine is located in Mystic, Connecticut USA, historically renowned for sailing and whaling.

Tylaska manufacturing is state of the art, stringent and meticulous.

Each component goes through extra quality processes that set them apart from standard marine equipment including:

• Hipping (Hydro isostatic pressurisation)
• Heat treating in a vacuum furnace to eliminate any chance of contamination
• Zyglo and magniflux testing for microscopic flaws too small for the unaided eye to see
• Salt corrosion testing and ultrasonic cleaning
• Individual proof load testing
• Manual cleaning and checking