J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Has anyone replaced wire/rope halyards with new wire/rope?

I installed the spreader bar kit from Annapolis rigging. A relatively easy task but do make sure that the original spreader brackets were mounted at exactly the same position opposite one another. Because, the mounting holes of the new stainless steel spreader plates fit the old bracket holes and the new plates are used as templates for cutting the slots for the new spreader bar. If the original spreader brackets were not mounted at exactly the same position opposite one another the slots will not be either, resulting in spreaders at odd angles to the mast. Logical? I only noticed it after completion of the installation. Even a slight variance has a significant impact on the spreader angles due to the mast width. Although it has no structural implications it is aesthetically most anoying.