Speaking of wires in mast - that you don't want to hear slapping all night from down in the berth, or just slapping (chafing ;-) in general - one trick is to put three or four zip-ties every few feet on the wire as you feed it through, angled in different directions to make a triangle or rectangle of zip-tie ends sticking out and pressing against the inside of the mast and keeping the wire from slapping. I would use the black more UV- and heat-tolerant ones - even though inside the mast, they will probably last longer than the plain white ones. cheers, John S. On 02/09/2016 07:11 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
Jazz, I drilled a 5/8 inch hole six inches up from the bottom of my mast on the front face to exit the wires. I then inserted a 1/2 inch rubber grommet (available at hardware stores) in the hole before feeding the wires through it.. I drilled the hole on the forward side of the mast as opposed to the side thinking about some future accident where I dropped the mast into the tabernacle and possibly slice through those protruding wires. Two things I learned about boats, you always design around chafe since nothing is still on a boat and things rub all the time and the other is never leave a corner anywhere that is not radiused. Those sharp corners in a fall can be deadly. Have fun. Tom B <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
So I'm running mast wires. ..there's an exit hole that's about 1/4 inch down near the bottom of the mast. It would be helpful if it was bigger but I don't want a portable folding mast. Can I enlarge it safely? And how much?
Jazz
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