As long as I know that it was a factory setup I guess I'll leave It as is for now, according to today's logic, it didn't seem right, and I'm sure it isn't right to induce the correct / wanted bend in the mast. The boat is pretty basic right now, I'll sail it simple for a while and see how it does. I'll be racing a P-16, P-18, 18ht, tiger, G-Cat 18 and 16ht this weekend, p-16 is the only boat that rates higher than the 5.0. No line honors for me this time. It ill kick butt on Portsmouth! Bring it on boys!
Practically every catamaran prior to 1985 had straight spreaders that stuck through a hole in the mast. The hot boats started introducing raked spreaders and masts with prebend setups...it didn't take long for the rest to follow suit. The straight spreader has been around a long time - there's nothing wrong with it structurally...it's just not quite as tunable.
