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You could always wrap the chain hook eye with self-bonding silicon tape before splicing the line to it... the silicone tape will act as a chafe barrier.
The reason I don't like separate hooks and lines is that then you have an awful lot to keep a track of, and if one of the chainhooks works loose, it can pull the other one free by accident. Since only one will be under load really, you're not really giving the system real redundancy, since chain hooks if they're under load, then to fall off. If you have just one chain hook, the strain on it should keep it on the chain, regardless of whether you have one line or two connected to it.
If the chain hook eye is too small to take two 3/4" lines, then you may want to use two shackles to the eye and then splice each line to a shackle. Also, cover the eyesplice/shackle connection with silicone self-bonding tape to protect it from chafe.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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