[Alberg30] New Spreaders.

[Jonathan Whittingham]

Dear Christos,
                   Thankyou very much for that. You have descibed 
exactly the shape of my spreaders. Thanks again. Jonathan.

Christos Katehis wrote:

>I had a carpenter duplicate mine. I noticed that the front edge of the
>spreaders was straight out (90 deg to mast)and the rear edge of going
>forward. The spreaders are very similar if not identical to an airplane
>wing.
>
>The position of the spreaders took a natural state once installed. This
>state brings the spreaders 2 or 3 degrees upward with no for or aft rake.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Christos Katehis
>Kasia #383
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jonathan Whittingham" <whittle at shaw.ca>
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>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:37 PM
>Subject: [Alberg30] New Spreaders.
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>>Dear Listers,
>>                   I have an Alberg 30 out here on the West
>>Coast(Victoria,BC). I have had the mast dropped to do a total refit of
>>old haywire rigging. The spreaders were in very sorry shape. They were
>>oak of some sort. I am replacing them with some very fine edgegrain
>>oldgrowth fir that came out of the beams in my basement. 6x6x 20feet
>>long, virtually clear that had been supporting the house since 1912. I
>>could not resist the urge! My question is this. On the traditional rig
>>setup for the Alberg, should  the spreaders be reset with any fore or
>>aft rake, or should they(I suspect) fly out at  90 degrees to the centre
>>line through the fore and aft of the boat. Just not sure what is correct
>>here and would geatly appreciate any replies. Many thanks in advance.
>>Jonathan Whittingham.
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