Well after whacking the crap out of my temples for the umpteenth time on those dogs that are used to tighten up the round port lights, I managed a solution. I slit a tennis ball just big enough to slip over the dog and ....voila! OK, lime green tennis balls inside the cabing does a little to take away the alure, but if you pass out from pain......... This got me to thinking about another anoyance (not nearly as painful). I've been wiring a masthead/deck light and my coax cable for the VFH antenna all of which run down the inside of the mast. I've heard quite a bit about the annoying sound they can make at anchor. So I'm thinking about running them throug a series of tennis balls maybe every two feel up through the mast. Any thoughts?? Joe Seafrog M17 651

As David already suggested, I used the tie wrap approach.  Put in a tie wrap every couple of feet but leave the end long enough to brace against the mast by a couple of inches.  Vary the direction of each one and you get a light weight spacing system that does not make any noise. Thanks Doug --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> wrote: From: Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> Subject: M_Boats: Tennis anyone?? To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 9:19 PM Well after whacking the crap out of my temples for the umpteenth time on those dogs that are used to tighten up the round port lights, I managed a solution. I slit a tennis ball just big enough to slip over the dog and ....voila! OK, lime green tennis balls inside the cabing does a little to take away the alure, but if you pass out from pain......... This got me to thinking about another anoyance (not nearly as painful). I've been wiring a masthead/deck light and my coax cable for the VFH antenna all of which run down the inside of the mast. I've heard quite a bit about the annoying sound they can make at anchor. So I'm thinking about running them throug a series of tennis balls maybe every two feel up through the mast. Any thoughts?? Joe Seafrog M17 651 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!

HI JOE, I DID THE SAME THING THIS YEAR WITH SELKIE. I REMOVED THE TRAVELER TRACK THAT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COMPANION WAY . MY BOAT HAS A METAL TOE RAIL. I USED THE LAST HOLE AFT ON THE TOE RAIL TO SECURE THE BLOCKS FOR THE BRIDLE. MAINSHEET COMES FROM THE BECKET ON THE BLOCK AT THE END OF THE BOOM TO THE PORT SIDE STANDING BLOCK ON THE TOE RAIL, BACK TO THE BLOCK ON THE BOOM AND DOWN TO A SINGLE BLOCK WITH CAM CLEAT ON THE STARBOARD TOE RAIL . (I HAVE A DIAGRAM OF THE MAINSHEET BRIDLE SET UP. WHERE DO WE POST PICTURES?) I SAILED SELKIE WITH THE END BOOM MAINSHEET SET UP YESTERDAY, AND IT WORKED VERY WELL. LON M17 - SELKIE -=-=-=-==--=-=- Eldor, Do you have pics of your end boom mainsheet set up?? I'm not sure what impact this has on performance. Perhaps Jerry can chime in on this. But I do get a tad frustrated bobbing and weaving around the mid cockpit mainsheet. Joe Seafrog M17 651