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Wires in the mast
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 6:20 pm
by Smj
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!
Re: Wires in the mast
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:17 am
by amytom
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
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:44 pm
by NautiBits
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.