I bet the PO had a "great" idea to put a wind generator on the masthead. They used the mast as the ground and the red wire as power. It explains the color, the gauge, and the length of both of the tail ends.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 11:15 PM Steven A. Demore via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >
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