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Dave5041
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Initially Posted - 03/29/2008 :  00:01:57  Show Profile
I managed to damage a spreader bracket and discovered that they are only available in pairs. It isn't an item commonly needed, so I decided not to list the good one on the swap meet. But should should a similar fate befall anyone else, there will be a good bracket in my parts box.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 03/29/2008 :  00:59:11  Show Profile
How did you damage just the one? The 79 had only the one bolt to secure the lowers top bracket and looking at the later models saw that the spreader brackets were bolted together with the lowers using all three of the bolts through the mast. The rumor was that there had been failure of the one bolt for the lowers top bracket. I made a SS plate which did the job to beef up the weak point. This was before CD.
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Response Posted - 03/29/2008 :  09:25:25  Show Profile
Jim: If Dave has hull 5041 (just a guess ), he has stainless brackets. You started out with the aluminum ones--have you upgraded?
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 03/29/2008 :  10:30:24  Show Profile
Just updated my signature. I have the CD kit. I hooked the front edge of the bracket with the pigtail while raising the mast and put a slight bend in it. Chris, the admiral, thought something didn't look right, but I didn't see it when I glanced up. One more heave on the 4:1 purchase and it stopped dead. Now I hear about who noticed every time we rig the boat.

Anyway, since stainless doesn't like to be cold formed, I thought the safest approach would be to replace the bracket. The mast wasn't up far enough to tension the rigging, so the starboard bracket wasn't affected.
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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 03/29/2008 :  19:46:28  Show Profile
I didn't do the upgrade as other items came up as the forestay was the next project for adding support. I do check the spreader fittings and still haven't found a wear or crack in the unit. I have looked at the upgrade and it is a much better design. My fix was to use a plate of SS of the same thickness as the trianglar lower pieces which replaced the inside piece. It then went under the aluminmum sockets for the spreaders and used the same 3 bolts for support instead of the one. The lower bolt was the one with the spacer to prevent the crush of the mast with the lower bolt. The two upper bolts cannot be over tighten as they will crush the mast. My brother-in-law, the electrical engineer, wouldn't let me put the system back together until he put all the wiring and antenna cable together with ties with foam pieces every 2 feet and tied the wiring to the spacer so that it now holds the weight of the wires. This was 28 years ago and it still all works. Alan was a stickler for detail and even the trailer lights still work without any repair. I was taught by the best. He was the best spinnaker fly-er when we raced.

Sorry Dave with all the details but I believe I get to sail because of all the support and help. The spreaders are just one part of the story.
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