Spreaders

What spreaders you choose really comes down to how you want your boat to look and feel. The options are:
Cast Roots, Stainless Steel Through Bars, Aluminium Through Bars and Stainless Steel sockets.

The Spreader Sections we can supply are detailed at the bottom of the page.

The spreader accepts a compression tube that is located with an internal stud. The sockets are made to different angles aft, or up, to suit the rig.

Cast roots

An aluminium casting with a locating nib is fitted to either side of the mast extrusion.

It is pop riveted into place and is fitted over the spreader root and is held via a clevis pin and a nylon bush.

The root is also able to take two stem balls per side for shrouds.

Stainless steel through bars

Through bars give a clean look and have a low windage effect and will take stemball shroud terminals.

A very clean system especially as the shroud terminals are hidden inside the spreader extrusion

A rectangular stainless steel bar is cut to pass through the mast extrusion.

It is angled to give angle to the spreaders, we can also angle them for swept back spreaders.

A cover plate is fitted over the through bar so as to give a lat base for the spreader extrusion to land on.

The spreader is then bolted onto the the through bar

Stainless steel sockets

The spreader is fitted to the mast section with a spreader socket.

The speader is cut to the shape of the section and is located in a stainless steel surround with a pair of bolts.

A compression tube and locating through stud are fitted between the two socket bases, this is to the compression loads of the spreader.

The spreader inboard end is covered with insulation as is the underside of the socket base to stop reaction between dissimular metals.

A strong rugged answer which looks good to.

Through bars give a clean look, are lightweight and cheaper than the sockets.

A rectangular aluminium bar is cut to pass through the mast extrusion.

It is angled to give angle to the spreaders, we can also angle them for swept back spreaders.

A cover plate is fitted over the through bar so as to give a base for the spreader extrusion to land on.

The spreader is then bolted onto the the through bar

Spreader Sections