I have the mast of my C&C 30 MK1 down for rebuild right now. Just replaced the wiring and found a cable I'm not sure about. It is a heavy gauge stranded single conductor wire, maybe 1/8 or 3/16, with a thick red insulation on it. If I had to guess, a heavy ground wire. There is about 20 feet of cable coiled at the base of the mast and it goes all the way to the top of the mast, where it just sticks out 6 or 12 inches.
Did these boats have lightning rods or something originally? Is there something that a big ground wire would do that a 45 foot hunk of aluminum wouldn't do? I'm afraid to ask this one, as it is probably a religious argument, but should the mast (or a lightning rod??) be grounded to a keel bolt or something? If there is supposed to be a lightning rod, does anybody have a picture of one and how it is mounted? Thanks, Steve SV Doin' It Right 1973 C&C 30 MK1 Pasadena, MD
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