Soft hanks and Soft shackles

[Jack]

I do not have any steel shackles on my boat anymore. Lashings, Softies, Spliced eyes, etc. have replaced all the SS. I suppose you could get some cheap hollow core poly (like water ski rope) and have at it if you want to practice. I had some on the side of my avon that came with the boat. It was getting horrible on the hands, so I replaced it with some new stuff. But I would never want to put any kind of a load on it.