[fer@fer]

As Jeff said "Swept back spreaders help prevent the mast from pumping and help keep the forestay tensioned in a number of ways." As a matter of fact they replace running checkstays.

I´ve started seeing swept back spreaders back 20 yrs on cruising fractional rigs, thus obtaining the performance of such rig in cruising conditios.

But agree with my colleagues, eliminating swept back spreaders is a major operation.

Regards

Fernando