Lashings
Hello,
First, the standard safety factor in recreational sailing gear is a mere 2:1. It is absurdly easy to exceed the strength of steel shackles, either with lashings or soft shackles. Cheaper, too, as a rule. The only downside, if you can call it that, is that lashings and soft shackles are skill-intensive; you have to know how to distribute the load among turns of a lashing, and how to start and finish securely, for instance.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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