Last week I noticed the lower starboard spreader had a definite droop, at least 10 degrees. This was several days after a long distance race with winds 15 to over 20 knots. I called Hunter Marine Customer Service and talked with Dave. He looked up the detail drawing on the spreader and faxed me a copy. The only thing holding the two shrouds to the end of the spreader is a J-hook, through a plastic(?) fitting, and a washer and nut to tighten the hook to the shrouds. To fix the problem without going up the mast, I loosened the two shrouds on the starboard side, and pushed the spreader back up into position with a long pole while standing on the deck. I tightened the shrouds using my loose-gage to the same as the port side, and everything seemed back to normal. Yesterday we arrived home from a mini-cruise for the holiday, and I noticed the same spreader had dropped a little, not as much as before. The shrouds seem to all be at the same tension as when I had reset them. To check the tightness of the J-hook hardware, I would have to completely loosen the shrouds to relieve tension on the plastic end piece, to get to the nut. That doesn't sound too safe, and I wonder how tight it has to be since it seems to be the shroud tension that keeps the spreader in position. So... does anybody have first-hand experience with this rigging, and do you have actual measurements for the tensions on all shrouds? Sorry for the long post, put I do ramble a bit. Ken Palmer, s/v Water Colors Rochester, NY