I taped a long stick onto Touche's main halyard. I taped a 100 foot tape to the top of the stick. I hauled the stick up and adjusted the hoist until the tape was even with the bird spike on my Windex. Then I swung the tape to the water. ~50 feet. Touche's VHF antenna is another couple feet.
-- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 12:43 PM ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Don't rely on calculations. I ran a tape up the mast using the main > halyard, added the measured distance from the base of the mast to the > waterline, and added five feet to allow for the distance from the top of > the halyard to the top of the antenna in order to give me an accurate > measurement. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > >
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