Wires in the mast
Wires in the mast
At the slightest bit of motion all the wires in the mast start clanking around. Is this normal for the PDQ36 or did I get a red headed step child! Seems they would have run the wires in a chase. Any easy fixes? Thinking of attaching cable ties on the spinnaker halyard and running them up the inside of the mast, or ripping all the wires out:-). Just kidding about ripping the wires out.....I think!
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- admiral
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Re: Wires in the mast
Mine too. I think there are chases inside the mast but would require yanking it to reroute everything. In the meantime I just turn up the music.
Re: Wires in the mast
My mast has a raceway riveted to the forward radius. It runs from just above the step to behind the steaming/deck light fixture. When I ran the wiring for the new LED anchor light, I ran it through that raceway. The old wiring had chafed through at the masthead due to interference with the halyards anyway. I have no noise from wires or halyards slapping inside the mast. I found the connector at the base of the mast corroded too. It is on my short list for a near term project.
Joe & Deb
s/v Cat's Meow
2000 Classic 36086
s/v Cat's Meow
2000 Classic 36086