Mast alignment in mast partner

[Patrick_Seattle]

I had my rig down all winter and it's been back up a month or so. I have a keel stepped mast.

I had a rigger come out and do the initial tensioning of the rig and the mast was just touching the partner on the forward edge. I loosened the rigging and worked the step back a bit and it all looked straight. I had the rigger come back out and now it looks a little to one side and still pretty close on the forward edge.

I wanted to use spartite on my mast but it seems like there so little clearance with the mast this way.

Should I be that worried about the mast being perfect spaces in the partner? I'm trying to figure out if I'm being too picky or if I should be loosening the whole thing up and going back to the crane to get this right.

Thanks,
-p