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    • #68725
      unabated
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      Yes that is the plate. Here is a picture that shows the bent ends. They are all the same.

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    • #79492
      john stevenson
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      Alan,
      Not sure what your picture is of, but it doesn’t look like a spreader.
      Are you talking about the flange that is welded to the inboard end of the
      spreader. If so it might be bent to keep the spreaders angled slightly
      upward to insure the tip bisects the angle formed by the shroud.
      I can’t tell from my picture, nor looking at the spreaders from deck to see
      if mine have the same bend. Does my spreader look like yours?

      Regards,
      John Stevenson
      http://www.svsarah.com

      On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Alan wrote:

      Yes that is the plate. Here is a picture that shows the bent ends. They
      are all the same.

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    • #79493
      unabated
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      Yes. Your probably right , pre-bent.
      I have a coat of zinc cromate on as an under coat. Which is why they are yellow at the moment.
      Alan

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      On May 16, 2013, at 2:01 PM, John Stevenson wrote:

      Alan,
      Not sure what your picture is of, but it doesn’t look like a spreader.
      Are you talking about the flange that is welded to the inboard end of the
      spreader. If so it might be bent to keep the spreaders angled slightly
      upward to insure the tip bisects the angle formed by the shroud.
      I can’t tell from my picture, nor looking at the spreaders from deck to see
      if mine have the same bend. Does my spreader look like yours?

      Regards,
      John Stevenson
      http://www.svsarah.com

      On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Alan wrote:

      Yes that is the plate. Here is a picture that shows the bent ends. They
      are all the same.

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    • #79497
      Phil Fontaine
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      Alan,
      Are they bent in a direction that would raise the spreader tips or the
      opposite?
      I just worked on my rig a few days ago prior to reinstallation and didn’t
      perceive any bend in the plate you mention. The spreader up angle on my boat
      is built into the mast brackets, but, there is enough slop between the
      spreaders and brackets that my spreaders have always tended to end up
      horizontal. This year I put some cable clips on the shrouds to hold the
      spreader tips up so that the plates are centered in the mast brackets.
      If yours are bent in a direction that would raise the tips, perhaps someone
      deliberately did so to make up for the slop in order to achieve the correct
      angle at the shrouds. If the opposite, it would seem that they probably got
      that way from loading.
      Phil Fontaine


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