Vladimir,

That outhaul car shackle takes some very heavy loads. If you look at the last photo in Alex's link, you will see the failure in the Amel-modified cross bar on the Antal shackle which came unwelded from the sides of the shackle. 

I believe that Amel modified the shackle from Antal to add strength. In 13 years and around the world, I experienced the mainsail shackle and the mizzen shackle on the Antal outhaul cars fail. It appears to me that at some point Alex's SM replaced the shackle before he bought it with a non-modified shackle. I believe that both shackles are Stainless Steel. It is too bad that they were not chrome-plated bronze, which I believe to be stronger.

I hope this clarification helps you and others.

Bill

BeBe 387

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Vladimir Sonsev sonsev52@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

 

It looks like very rare failure. Perhaps the part was defective.  Did any body experience similar failure?

Vladimir
SM 345
Life is Good.

On Feb 24, 2016 4:49 AM, "divanz620@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

 

Looks like its an Antal 4150/d...

Pic posted from catalogue...

Cheers

Alan

Elyse 

SM437

BTW you need blocks and dyneema straps as well ...