Thank You Brion, for your reply, and I agree with you ,,,,, but, I also did look at page 127 of The Complete Riggers Apprentice, Figure 5-13 , but my Hess BCC rig, does not have the intermediate shroud go out over the lower spreader tip, like that illustration.
The intermediates go straight down to the chainplates, only the port or stb cap shrouds go out over both the spreader tips. Maybe this is not a common rig practice ? Sooo, if I were to bi-sect the angles, the lower spreader tip will have a much shallower angle than the upper spreader tip .
While we are on the subject of spreaders,,,, what is the current feeling about "Thru-bar" mast spreader bases ?
Does such a large hole cut into the mast wall create a weakness in the mast wall at the spreader bases ? or does the thru-bar hole get back strength by the attached spreader base plate on each side ?
Douglas
