Great idea! jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Buzzi" <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 12:32 PM Subject: M_Boats: Forestay attachment

I have used a 3 inch snap shackle on the forestay. It is easy to get the opened jaw through the shackle mounted on the stemhead fitting and by closing the jaw I tension the forestay.

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