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Figure-eight lashing

Shackles are normally used to join one eye to

another. But there are situations when a shackle just
isn’t appropriate: if you need to adjust the distance

between the eyes, if you want to be able to cut the
eyes apart quickly in an emergency, or if you just

don’t have the right size shackle. In these cases, a

figure-eight lashing is a perfect substitute.

1 Tie one end of the line to one eye using a bowline or, as pictured, a soft

eye splice.