If you are replacing the VHF wire with a pre-made connector for the top (and you should), you have to feed from the top down. I re-wired my mast when it was down and used a variation of Josh's method. I taped a small line to the old wire and then taped the new wire to the string so I pulled the new wire and messenger through all at once.
Joel On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Normally a conduit is riveted to the forward side of the mast. You'll > probably want to have a service disconnect terminal block at the base of > the mast if it doesn't already exist. Any existing spade/ring terminals > will probably need to be cut off before pulling the existing cable out. > Secure a string to the cable *very well* and pull the cable out the top > of the mast. Reattach the new cable to the string and pull it back down. > Cut to length leaving an extra foot or two. Crimp on some terminals and > reattach to the terminal block. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 2:07 PM James Bibb via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> 34-36R with a pretty skinny tall mast…anybody have any experience >> upgrading the wind sensor and VHF while the mast is in-place? I need to >> know if there’s a conduit running and what to expect as I may be the person >> scaling the mast and I want to make the least number of trips to the top? >> >> And…if somebody’s done this, what where the learning moments? >> >> Thanks. >> >> James. Bibb >> >> SV Darwin’s Folly >> C&C 34-36R >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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