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You'll probably want to consult with a professional rigger or marine architect, but having the spreader tips out of a straight line between the chainplate and the mast tangs strikes me as being a bad idea. The tension on the spreader isn't just in compression then, it is also torsional, and most spreaders aren't going to tolerate that well. The shroud, ideally, should be a straight line when viewed from the outboard side looking in.
Is the mast original to the boat? If not, you might want to find out what the original mast and spreaders setup for your boat, as originally designed, looked like.
A good book on rigging is Brion Toss's The Complete Riggers Apprentice.
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a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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