Spreader Pictures

Harry James · Post by **Harry James** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:00 pm

Is there any differance between the rigging of a West Coast/ East Coast Triton. Anybody have a picture of the spreader mounts, I am going to have to talk my son through disassembly for shipping long distance.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:37 pm

My mast isn't original, but I think that the spreaders and such are.

The spreaders are sleeved-over a stub and through bolted to the stub. Disassembly is entirely intuitive. Remove bolts, slide the spreader off the stub.

If the weather cooperates tomorrow I can get a pic for you.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:32 pm

I remember hearing that the Pearson's were unhappy with Aeromarine because they produced the west coast Tritons with different length masts depending on their intended sailing area. I imagine some west coast setups are just like their east coast counterparts but others are going to be different.

The Yahoo! Triton list had the discussion about spreader lengths not too long ago. I think the east coast spreader lengths were all the same with a few west coast lengths being non-standard. You probably remember the discussion.

-Britton

Post by **Tim** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:45 pm

Figment's description matches what I have seen on the earliest Triton spars--the old tapered sections.

Most of the east coast Tritons have a different spar section, and generally the "newer" section has cast aluminum bases with a female opening, into which the tubular spreader is inserted and pinned with a cotter pin.

Here is a photo of one of the early tapered spars:

And here is one of the later spars:

As Figment said, disassembly of either type will be entirely intuitive and straightforward.

I have no idea what the west coast boats have for spars or spreader attachments. The masts could well have come from a completely different source, so hopefuly a west-coaster will chime in with their own setup.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:57 pm

Sorry I couldn't get a better shot. some yahoo parked his outriggers atop all of our masts. Hopefully you can get the jist of what I was trying to describe above.

Post by **Tim** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:33 pm

The spreader bases and airfoil spreaders shown in Figment's photo are definitely not an original Triton configuration; that's a newer style that didn't exist in the "original" days. The old-style tapered spars have a cylindrical stub over which the tubular spreader slides and is secured with a bolt or pin.

Here's a photo (of Kaynee #30), though it's ultimately unhelpful: