Lashings for spreader tips

[seawolf]

Hello all,
What would be the best lashings for the end of the spreader tips when there is no lashing hole on the tip itself?
And I have read about serving the wire before the lashing.
Would this be for 1x19 SS or best to leave the stainless wire uncovered before lashing?
Thanks for the help.
Fair winds
Seawolf

[Brian Duff]

What kind of spreader/mast?

[seawolf]

Brian,
The boat is a 1962 Columbia. I am not sure if these spreaders are original or not.
They are made of wood, approximately 3.5 inches at the base and the wood part of the tip is approx. 3/4 of an inch with an aluminum band of about 1/8 inch thick going around the tip held in place to the spreader by two rivets going completely through the wood and band. It goes down the side of the spreader tip about 2 inches and has a notch on the tip that holds the wire in place. The notch is approx. 3/8 inch deep. These tips look like they were cut from a single piece of aluminum plate and shaped to fit the spreader tip nicely. Sorry for all the approximates as the spreader is at the boat and I at home. The base of the spreader has a vee shaped aluminum plate through bolted on each side by six machine screws and two holes that clevis pins went through to mount the base at the mast. The base fits into a channel that is welded perpendicular to the mast at a slight angle upward. There is no hole through the spreader tip for a lashing.
The boat has an 8 foot beam, 8000 lb Displacement
Please also see the thread before this one regarding possibly changing out the clevis pin attachment at the mast to bolts with nylok nuts?
Thanks.

[Brian Duff]

our typical process is to lather the spreader tip and cable in that area with lanacote to help protec the aluminum from the stainless, and to protect the stainless where the lashing may trap moisture. When there are no holes in the spreader tip to lash though, we just go from wire below tip to wire above tip, with VERY tight and slightly stretchy line so that the tip will be held very secure. if the lashing is the only way to hold the wire in the spreader, it should probably be done with stainless or monel wire, which is much more difficult to set up tight, but not impossible.

Does that make sense or should i exlain more

[seawolf]

Brian,
That makes sense..
The shroud is kept from jumping out of the slot of the spreader tip by, originally cotter pins.
I am replacing the cotters with small stainless steel machine screws with nylok nuts.
So the lashing is just to hold the spreader in place at the proper angle.

Any comment on the use of ss bolts and nuts on the inboard end instead of the clevis pins that were originally used?