Hi,
I'm almost done adapting my CS 17 to the updated sail plan using the new sail track. Under the new plan, the mizzen sprit should be 108 inches; the main should be 118 inches. In order to adapt my old spars to the new plan, I built a new main sprit and then planned to cut down the old main sprit (is that the word, or should I just say spar?) to the correct size of 108 for the mizzen spar. The old main spar was 116 inches. My question is: Should I cut it down to 108 inches (from the present 116 inches) or just leave it be? I keep reading that it doesn't hurt to have the spars a little longer. Thank you.