Angle and another idea
With the mast up and shrouds tensioned, I don't know if the spreaders are dead level or not. I'll have to figure out a way to see.I don't know if the following issue is related, but if you read on you will see the connection that I'm drawing...A FAQ here for H19/23.5/26/240/260 is "Which shroud connects to which U-bolt?". I called Crazy Dave about it. Others have called the factory. The answers seem to be split between "fore", "aft" and "it doesn't matter". Look at pictures and you'll see it both ways.For me, it matters for two reasons:1) when the shrouds are crossed (upper shroud to forward U-bolt), the plastic boots over my turnbuckles get mangled and bent.2) when the shrouds are crossed, the line of the upper shroud is moved forward a couple of inches which on my boat is enough such that if I wiggle the shroud fore and aft with my hand, the spreader actually pivits fore and aft in the bracket where it connects to the mast! If the upper shroud is connected to the aft U-bolt, it is solid and doesn't move.Because of the two points above, my upper shroud goes to the aft U-bolt regardless of various answers that have been quoted here. However, it now occurs to me to wonder: perhaps the rocking back and forth is due to the fact that the spreaders are on the wrong side? But, if you think about what happens when you swap the spreaders, the leading edge is still the leading edge, such that the shapes of the connection points at the mast are the same, and the off-center slot in the spreader end that holds the shroud at the tip has not changed, so I can't see that the reversal is contributing to this either (but maybe a reader will?).Even if swapping the spreaders fixed the wobbling with the upper shroud to the fore U-bolt, I still don't like the turnbuckles crossed!...RickM...