Noisey Mast

[Bill]

I am looking to stop the noise of the wiring inside the mast from slapping back and forth without stepping the mast and pulling the wires out and wrapping them with wire ties. Any suggestions besides earplugs!

 

[Justin - O'day Owners' Web]

Peanuts

One solution is to drop the rig and stuff the mast with styrofoam peanuts. I wouldn't do it, though. I would pull the wiring leaving a good snake in place, then do the wire tie trick.Justin - O'day Owners' Web

 

[Rich Stidger]

Forget peanuts, can't do it

I been there and the peanuts idea sounds great but in practice I could not find a way to get them in the mast. They catch on every screw or protrusion in the mast. I tried to blow them in, suck with a vacuum, flush with water, nothing worked.I finally pulled all the wires and used wire ties at 120 degree angles to each other and left the tails onthe ties to hold the wire bundle in the middle of the mast.Peace and quiet at last.

 

[jcherubini]

Wiring loom-?

The peanuts idea sounds environmentally irresponsible. Eventually those things may blow out halyard holes and clutter the world. --not the sort of thing your bottom-paint-hating marina people will appreciate.The cable-ties idea sounds like a lot of work and I would not want all the spikes from the ends of those things interfering with rigging. All production masts I have seen have a wiring loom inside the extrusion-- the electrical lines MUST be kept separate from the rigging lines but have a lower priority. Is it possible to re-snake the mast's wiring conduit when it comes out in the fall and get this right?By the way-- are you sure it's electrical wires doing the slapping? Halyards shouldn't slap the inside at all if they are properly led. Cinching up on them whether they are parked or not may take up on slack INSIDE the spar as well.JC 2

 

[Jim A]

Fill it with foam spray

Works great, just don't need to run a wire up it again...Just kidding, try turning the radio up!