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This Shackle Lanyard is American Made using a Portugese Sennit Chain made fast with a row of 8 interlocked half hitch knots.

A shackle lanyard is a great tool to help open a stuck lanyard. Decoratively accenting lifelines and rigging around your sailboat, the lanyard provides a firmer grip for halyard clips, pelican clip shackles, and sheet clips for both jibs and mains on your boat.

This lanyard has a raised horizontal row of half hitches that serve two purposes.

First, and most important, it secures the core of the Portugueuse Sennit so the knot has no chance of coming undone in use. These hitches make fast the center core of the cord. Mass marketed lanyards depend upon a bead of melted nylon as the only resistance to the two center strands pulling loose and landing your butt on the dock, deck, or worse. Ours provides a much higher level of security by incorporating those strands into the bends that create the bottom row. Avoid embarassment, buy quality.

Second, these hitches create a raised section on the bottom of the lanyard helping improve grip.


Installation of these lanyards is simple. Just tuck the lanyard through the ring of your clasp and pull the knot through BOTH open loops. Massage the rest of the knot through and lay the cords smoothly around your clip. Pull tight, and it's done. See the last picture for a step by step visual. You may need to click the right arrow to see this picture.

These are made from 100% Nylon
The knot is 3" long when hanging from the shackle, and 4" before installation.
(note, ring not included, it is there to help visualize the knot installed)

These are so cool, that when people ask about them, make them pay for that information with a beer, but be sure you remember, Mystic Knotwork.
ring not included

nylon cord