I have been quoted a rather hefty price by my local boat yard to fish wire thru the mast (32' Oday). Is this something I can do? (I have a 100' fish tape)
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YES, you can
fish a wire through your mast, just as easily as can a "yard-monkey" (no disparagement implied - I've been one). Hope your mast is down, and you don't have to go aloft. Gord
fish a wire through your mast, just as easily as can a "yard-monkey" (no disparagement implied - I've been one). Hope your mast is down, and you don't have to go aloft. Gord
I have heard but never tried
That if you attach a string to a steel bolt and drop it down the mast and use a strong magnet (on the outside) to keep the bolt at the side of the mast you can guide the string down the mast with out getting it tangled. Then you use the string to pull the wire through the mast. If you try this let me know how it works. Shane.
That if you attach a string to a steel bolt and drop it down the mast and use a strong magnet (on the outside) to keep the bolt at the side of the mast you can guide the string down the mast with out getting it tangled. Then you use the string to pull the wire through the mast. If you try this let me know how it works. Shane.
The string and magnet method works!
I used the string and magnet method to snake a wire up the mast of my ODay 25. The mast was on sawhorses at the time. I took the masthead casting off, then tied a nut to some nylon string. I fed the string from the top of the mast and used the magnet to pull it down to the bottom. It took two or three tries, but worked surprisingly well. I attached my wire to the string and pulled the whole thing back up. Total project time was about an hour. Jack Jackson
I used the string and magnet method to snake a wire up the mast of my ODay 25. The mast was on sawhorses at the time. I took the masthead casting off, then tied a nut to some nylon string. I fed the string from the top of the mast and used the magnet to pull it down to the bottom. It took two or three tries, but worked surprisingly well. I attached my wire to the string and pulled the whole thing back up. Total project time was about an hour. Jack Jackson
Your Fish Tape
is probably the easiest way to fish the mast. These other (magnet & chain) ideas are more in the way of substitutes. Good luck. Gord
is probably the easiest way to fish the mast. These other (magnet & chain) ideas are more in the way of substitutes. Good luck. Gord
Your Fish Tape
is probably the easiest way to fish the mast. These other (magnet & chain) ideas are more in the way of substitutes. Good luck. Gord
is probably the easiest way to fish the mast. These other (magnet & chain) ideas are more in the way of substitutes. Good luck. Gord
More info
With mast down and mast head off, ran a stiff wire on my 24 ft. mast thru a small access hole near the base of the mast to the top of the mast. Then secured my VHF coax to the wire and pulled it back down through the mast and out the access hole through a rubber grommet. Seemed to work fine. Good luck.
With mast down and mast head off, ran a stiff wire on my 24 ft. mast thru a small access hole near the base of the mast to the top of the mast. Then secured my VHF coax to the wire and pulled it back down through the mast and out the access hole through a rubber grommet. Seemed to work fine. Good luck.
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