Anyone know the width of the spreaders on a 1985 32-3 with Kenyon mast?

[Kenneth K]

Anyone know the width of the spreaders on a 1985 32-3 with Kenyon mast? I'm headed up to Fisheries Supply tomorrow while up in Seattle and I was hoping to pick up some leather spreader boots. They carry 6.75" and 9.5" diameter spreader boots, but I can't get out to my boat to measure before heading up that way.

 

[bgary]

I checked my notebook. I don't have that measurement. Sorry!

 

[Marlin Prowell]

See this post by Guy Stevens Spreader boots are bad, don't use them, but if you must:. After reading that post, I chose to put these chafe protectors around the shrouds on top of each spreader. A little unconventional, but has worked for me.

 

[Dave G.]

Look around here you may find info.

Rig-Rite Inc. - Masts, Booms, Spars, Rigging, and Hardware for Sailboats.

www.rigrite.com

 

[Frank Langer]

See this post by Guy Stevens Spreader boots are bad, don't use them, but if you must:. After reading that post, I chose to put these chafe protectors around the shrouds on top of each spreader. A little unconventional, but has worked for me.

Marlin,
In talking with the pro's, sail makers love spreader boots because they protect the sails, but riggers hate them because they can minimize oxygen getting to the shrouds there and they can capture moisture against the shrouds and spreader.
A good option, in my opinion, is a spreader boot installed with an opening at the top and bottom as it slips over the spreader, and fastened in place with black UV resistant zip ties-- electrical tape and the kind that sticks to itself both come loose over time. The openings allows rain to wash through regularly. It's also helpful to check the wires holding the shroud to the spreader regularly, and apply grease periodically.
Just my experience, over many years...
Frank

 

[Kenneth K]

See this post by Guy Stevens Spreader boots are bad, don't use them, but if you must:. After reading that post, I chose to put these chafe protectors around the shrouds on top of each spreader. A little unconventional, but has worked for me.

Thanks for the post. You talked me out of using leather.

I did buy a set of these:


for the upper spreader. They'll work there because only the single, upper shroud goes through that spreader. But, what did you do at the lower spreader, where the spreader tip holds 2 shrouds? My shrouds are too close together to put a wheel on each one, and too far apart for the hub to go around both.