Textile shackles and snap hooks are becoming increasingly popular, but what are their main advantages and what are they used for?
In a nutshell, textile connectors are universal, flexible, resistant, durable and safe, making them an ideal replacement for traditional fittings on board your boat.
• Textile connector for halyard, sheet, pulley, luff, ...
Advantages
Universal, the Nodus Factory textile connectors can be used in a wide range of applications.
- Protects against impact and damage to mast, rig, deck, sails and crew...
- 8 times lighter than metal equivalents
Service life
The service life of textile connectors depends on the working load. For a reasonable use at 50% of its breaking load, they will last longer.
Our tables show the maximum recommended sail area, and for use at 25% of its breaking load it will last twice as long as a shackle used at 50% of its breaking load.
A visual inspection when rigging will tell you the condition of your connectors, and heavy linting will indicate that it's time to replace or repair them...or give them a new lease of life with our protective coatings.
Our Dyneema® connectors are stronger, have equivalent longevity and a repairability index that's non-existent with traditional stainless steel fittings.
Made from Dyneema®, Vectran®, Technora®, Kevlar® or PES® Tech fibers, Nodus Factory's Made in France 4.0 rigging uses the excellence of new-generation materials from the worlds of space, aeronautics and ocean racing.