Angles matter
Hello,
It is entirely possible that the shorter spreaders will be fine; indeed, they may be an improvement, depending on what the original lengths were. You might want to look at the pertinent section of the 'Apprentice' for details. It would be good to get a 12? angle of the upper shrouds to the mast, and at least that on the intermediates, assuming this can happen without the spreader length exceeding the beam to the chainplates.
Really, what you have here is a design opportunity, to get spreaders that are the right length.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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