Hmmm, If I understand the situation right he is not planning on having the lacing on the front crossbar rather than on the rear. I think he is asking why the flared part of the side bar is facing towards the front of the boat. Actually this is a good question - something I assumed was not properly assembled on my boat. When I research the issue I learned that Hobie installed the sidebars in this manner because they were concerned that a sailor could suffer an injury by inserting a finger in the widened part of the side rail if it would be left exposed in the rear.
When I installed my new tramp I decided to disregard these concerns - Now my sidebars have the widened part in the rear while the front of the tramp is nicely supported in the extrusion. In order to avoid injury I inserted a piece of PVC hose that covers the flared area of the sidebar. Tapeing over the flared area would do the job as well. I will post some pics of my tramp … it is kind of a different approach to the one pice tramp (highly class illegal).

Patrick