ideal spreader attachment

[Ian McColgin]

Since many boats of "a by-gone day" are still sailing, any look at flex or not should start with understanding the engineering of the boat and rig. One might also recall that while there are times when you might get away with a rigid spreader to mast attachment, there are very very few (if any) times when an intelligently engineered flexable connection will do anything but good.

G'luck