Uneven Spreaders

[Steve Sayian]

Last fall I had the mast dropped as it's never been done since the boat was commissioned in 1999 (I'm the third owner).

Anyway, today I lightly sanded the oxydation off the spreaders and sprayed them with a clear enamel and noticed that when I placed them next to each other, the Port spreader was longer than the Starboard.
The exact lengths are:
Port; 43 1/16 inches
Starboard; 42 7/8 inches.

When I aligned the clevis pin holes together on the spreaders, the ends of them were identical.  The tops (where the upper shroud is inserted) has the length difference.

Has anyone experienced this in the past?

I'm not too concerned about the 3/16 inch difference in width over the shroud run from the spreaders to the chainplate, but am curious.

Steve

[Ron Hill]

Steve : Very Interesting!!
Almost sounds as though they reached in to the C36 bin for the Port side spreader!!