[C38] re catalina 38 noise in mast

[Patrick Harpole]

thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Finn" <charles at finn.ws>
To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <Listserve at catalina38.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [C38] re catalina 38 noise in mast


> 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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