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Old 08-13-2008
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Great story, and I hope he played the lottery that day!

Any idea why the snap shackle let go? If this is so likely to happen and since part of the snatch block is a snap shackle, then is using two snatchblocks in the run of the halyard to the genoa winch advisable? If one lets go, it would be just as bad.
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