by jrflorida » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:19 pm
Just to keep things interesting, my spreaders are 2 3/4 on each side. I used some formulas that Lester Gilbert has on his web site in England, and it seems to me that I never sailed on a boat with spreaders that were as long as most of the rigs seem to have. I also bend them up so the angle of intersection is equal on either side of the spreader to the shroud. Of course I also have other rig "anomalies" (I use a 9/16 round groovy mast with lower shroud locations) but I find if the skipper is paying attention my boat goes pretty well. If the skipper is asleep at the switch, the boat gets real reluctant to perform to the maximum and sulks a lot.