The Problem:
I've been updating all the electronics & lights on my h34. I pulled the mast in order to replace everything at the top of the mast. Including a Raymarine ST60 wind transducer. I also painted the mast while it was down. Anyway, once the mast was back up. I noticed a problem with the wind transducer. I was not receiving the proper voltage from the port side direction wire. The problem could only be in 1 of 2 places. The first being the transducer was faulty or most likely was that something went haywire.. (get it... hayWIRE.. anyway) with the connection at the bottom of the mast. I figured it would be easier to check the wiring at the bottom of the Kenyon mast.
I read somewhere here that one could access the wiring by removing the lower halyard sheaves from the bottom of the mast. I can do that... however the screw was seized and I figured (incorrectly) that that was the pin... Hind sight is 20/20, what a dumb thought. so wielding my trusty sawsall, I sawed right though the Pin (See attached Pic) and promptly realized that 1) I could of simply drilled out the seized screw and the sheaves and pin and everything else would have easily come out or (here is the lesson learned) I could have 2) simply asked if anyone has done this before.
Well door number 2 would have been the smart thing to do... However the smarter thing to have done would have been to ask about access to the wiring by removing the sheaves. The answer to that is... There is a plate behind the sheaves that preclude access to the wiring... If I asked about that, I could have left the sheaves alone! Doh!!!!!!!!!!
That being confessed, does any know where I can find a replacement for the Pin and assembly that I butchered?
Thanks
Jon
I've been updating all the electronics & lights on my h34. I pulled the mast in order to replace everything at the top of the mast. Including a Raymarine ST60 wind transducer. I also painted the mast while it was down. Anyway, once the mast was back up. I noticed a problem with the wind transducer. I was not receiving the proper voltage from the port side direction wire. The problem could only be in 1 of 2 places. The first being the transducer was faulty or most likely was that something went haywire.. (get it... hayWIRE.. anyway) with the connection at the bottom of the mast. I figured it would be easier to check the wiring at the bottom of the Kenyon mast.
I read somewhere here that one could access the wiring by removing the lower halyard sheaves from the bottom of the mast. I can do that... however the screw was seized and I figured (incorrectly) that that was the pin... Hind sight is 20/20, what a dumb thought. so wielding my trusty sawsall, I sawed right though the Pin (See attached Pic) and promptly realized that 1) I could of simply drilled out the seized screw and the sheaves and pin and everything else would have easily come out or (here is the lesson learned) I could have 2) simply asked if anyone has done this before.
Well door number 2 would have been the smart thing to do... However the smarter thing to have done would have been to ask about access to the wiring by removing the sheaves. The answer to that is... There is a plate behind the sheaves that preclude access to the wiring... If I asked about that, I could have left the sheaves alone! Doh!!!!!!!!!!
That being confessed, does any know where I can find a replacement for the Pin and assembly that I butchered?
Thanks
Jon
. Good luck