[C38] re catalina 38 noise in mast

[Charles Finn]

Patrick,
I have posted the process for replacing the conduit tubing on our 
website under Technical Tips.

Rich,
Both holes were riveted to the tubing on my mast and I did the same when 
replacing the tubing.  I also found the tubing often was broken where 
the rivet holes were drilled.  I bet it was a lot of work with the mast 
in place!   Hopefully your bosun's chair is comfortable. 
If anybody else out there has radar wiring outside the conduit, I would 
suggest you consider protecting it from line chafe.  This is a perfect 
place for electrolysis as the wire insulation wears.  If you cannot get 
it into the conduit, I would suggest running a second, smaller conduit 
adjacent to the original and riveting it in 3-4 places.

Just a thought,
Charles Finn
Mighty Quinn #114

 
Rich West wrote:
> I had the PVC conduit come loose also.  I was able to rivet it back 
> into place without taking out the mast.  On my boat, there is one set 
> of rivet holes running up the mast and next to each rivet hole, there 
> is another small hole.  To re-secure the conduit, I put a hook shaped 
> wire in the other hole, pulled the conduit into place with the hook 
> and put in a new rivet.  It took about an hour to replace all the rivets.
>  
> The other problem was that someone ran the wire for the radar out of 
> the conduit.  It was a lot of work to re-route that wire but it was 
> all done with the mast in place.
>  
> Rich West, Legacy, #360
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
>     [mailto:Listserve-bounces at catalina38.org]*On Behalf Of *RICHARD KILROY
>     *Sent:* Monday, May 01, 2006 2:48 PM
>     *To:* listserve at catalina38.org
>     *Subject:* [C38] re catalina 38 noise in mast
>
>     I agree with Charles, I had my conduit break loose during a very
>     ruff trip to Bermuda in 2000. The problem is to fix it the mast
>     must come out
>      
>     Dick Kilroy
>      
>     Catalina 38 Dashaway
>
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