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The snap shackle failed causing the spinnaker to drop into the sea.
As the name implies, a snap shackle is a fast action fastener which can be implemented single handedly.
"The big event of the day was when our spinnaker fell down because our snap shackle failed, or wasn't properly closed," said Conner.
They then threw her to her stomach, untied her ankles, and snapped shackles on them, steel shackles, with about a six-inch run of chain.
This was the third day in a row for snap shackle failures in spinnakers or genoas, and Baird quipped, "Apparently, they have been passing these shackles around."
The Americans fought off attacks by the Italians for three legs but faltered on the downwind leg near the finsh when a snap shackle failed on their spinnaker.
The snap shackle is not as secure as any other form of shackle, but can come in handy for temporary uses or in situations which must be moved or replaced often, such as a sailor's harness tether or to attach spinnaker sheets.