Hard vs Soft Shackles

[Tom]

[TDash]

thanks for sharing, recently picked up some gator-jaw soft shackles and a kinetic rope

[speedkills]

I know we shouldn't reach for the kinetic ropes first for safety reasons, but let's be honest, they are pretty much the most fun method of getting someone unstuck.

[TDash]

speedkills previously posted:

[speedkills]

Interesting, I had seen the opposite, that you should use traction boards or a winch first as the kinetic ropes build much more kinetic energy and have a higher chance of damaging something/someone. I tend to use them first though because I like using them.

[Paul]

Tow strap is for moving a vehicle a distance. Kinetic is for recovery. I use a dock line for recovery which is what the kinetic ropes were originally for. I worked on a 52' sailboat that went from Miami to Bimini and when they bought it they changed the brand new ropes from black to blue. I took the bowline, it's a 1" double braid with an eye at one end, designed to take constant shock loads 24/7 from a yacht. Oddly, Bubba ropes is out of Miami... I use the eye on one end, and either tie a bowline or a keyed clove hitch on the free end.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Double-...RDG&th=1&psc=1

[TDash]

Paul previously posted:

[speedkills]

Same, except I learned for recovery reach for a kinetic rope after traction boards and winch.