two bowlines two lines for us. One additional benefit to this is wearing the sheet more evenly then you would if the same ends were always shackled to the clew.

I've thought of all sorts of other options but never tried any.

We have a soft shackle on the spinnaker halyard. I'm considering adding those to all the sheets as well (I would like to hear from those who have tried these too). I would guess these would be faster than a bowline but not as fast as something that can just be snapped on.

I would never put on a hard shackle. To dangerous and damaging.

:: We had a running debate on Moxie at the end of last
:: season about how best to attach the sheets. We had a set
:: with a Tylaska spliced on, but managed to throw that
:: overboard. Since that time we have luggage tagged a long
:: sheet in the middle and twin tailed it back. We also
:: experimented with it as a continuous sheet tied with 2
:: bowlines.
::
:: Each method has its strengths and weaknesses. We do have
:: to change sails here periodically, so the Tylaska was
:: nice for quick changes, but it's expensive and it's a
:: piece of metal banging around up there. The luggage tag
:: is simple, but is hard to untie after sailing with it
:: for any length of time and impossible to change out on
:: the fly. We took to tying a second sheet on the sail we
:: expected to replace whatever headsail we started with
:: and replaced sails and sheets on the swap. Running the
:: sheets again was kind of a hassle. The bowlines are a
:: little quicker to swap out, and you can undo the lazy
:: sheet first, but is still slower than the Tylaska and
:: the bowlines can hang up on the shrouds.
::
:: Soft shackles look interesting, but seem like they would
:: be pretty slow to swap too? What are most folks using
:: down there?