Spreader play

[Brion Toss]

Hello,
First, I don't know that it was Saber that did this; sometimes boats leave the factory unrigged, and brokers or dealers will arrange for the rigging. And even if it did get rigged at the factory, I would doubt that this was a "designed" feature, more of a "these are the spreaders the sparbuilder sent, and these are the mast sockets we can put our hands on" feature. It's not a pretty arrangement, and not the kind of make-do that anyone would put up with on, say, an engine, or even a galley cabinet ó and now I find myself on the edge of beginning a rant about how rigging don't get no respect, so I'll just pause and take a deep breath...
That's better. Let's see, if the hardware is properly scaled to the loads, and if the leads out of the sockets are good, and there's no deformation, a tidier, snug-fitting alternative would certainly be a good thing. If the upper shrouds are able to take a fair lead from chainplates to masthead, a little play is fine.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss