If you didn't hit something or sailed in a storm when this happened, it is most likely due to the new
rigging tension. If you are confident about your
rigging tune job, that I think you should glass get rid of this spray tabbing and use fiberglass and do that for every other place this was used. Factory choices are not always the best ones. Just my opinion as I said I am not familiar with this material. Brittle structural members have no place on a boat.