Thanks Francois! Great insight and really helpful. I’ve never unstepped a keel mast before but I may do that and as you suggested, be able to go through the mast and really take my time.
Great help. Things up here in Alaska are finally thawing out a bit. James Bibb > On Apr 5, 2018, at 8:02 AM, Francois Rivard <jeanfrancoisriv...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi James, > > I have a 34/36 and I did replace the sensor twice.. Once with the mast off > and once "in-situ"/ > > My mast did have a conduit and I used the old wire as a messenger line as > mentioned before. Really straightforward / no issues. > > The harder part is that I had to fabricate a custom aluminum bracket to > accommodate the new sensor and mount it solidly. I was glad I had the mast > off as it took a lot of measuring / fitting / trimming to make sure that the > bracket was as long / wide as possible to spread the load / fit in the > mounting holes / not interfere with the halyards and sheaves / VHF antenna > mount / tricolor. > > Also, while the mast was off I did a fair amount of cleanup / refreshed the > spreader boots / replaced deck light bulbs / etc. > > Long story short it was 80 bucks more than well spent to take the mast down / > get it all done right / clean, lube, easily service everything I could while > it was down. > > The 2nd time I replaced it (It appeared to have been nailed by lightning > surge). That was "in-situ" but then all the hard stuff was already done it > was plug and play. > > My 2 cents. > > -Francois Rivard > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, GA > > > > > 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
