Jim, Another thing that works well is to fill your mast with styrofoam packing peanuts. Quiets the wires, and is easier to install than swim tubes. A chunk of swim tube at the bottom works as a nice cork to keep it all in there. A shop vac positioned at one end, with a screen to stop the peanuts, works real well to suck them in while you pour from the other end. Larry Y ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Jim Wiliams <jwilliams330@cox.net> To: MSOG <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: Installing VHF coax in an M17 mast Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 21:16:31 -0700 Anyone have any thoughts and/or tips on securing the VHF coax fished inside an M17 mast to avoid "clanking" and chafe in heavy water action conditions? Thanks in advance for your input, Jim & Cynthia M17 Latitude _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!