Noisy Mast

[A. davis]

i live in a waterfront condo (my first mistake) and am renting a slip from a neighbor...he called last night to say that our neighbors are complaining about the 'clanging' from the boat...i know it's the antenna cable that has been run inside the mast..short of removing the mast and stuffing foam rubber in there, does anyone have any other suggestions? i've pulled it a little tighter, but i'm afraid that if i pull too tight, i'll pull the wire right off the antenna..i have only a few weeks to resolve this or the boat has to be removed!!!!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------IMPORTANT

 

[red coles]

tie rap

If wire is removable,pull it and put tie wraps every 18" or so. Don't use too small ones, don't cut the tails off. This should do the trick. Goodluck red

 

[Dave Condon]

Which boat

Tell me which boat you have so I can give you some suggestions

 

[D Sorenson]

Peanuts

Two solutions: You may have to remove the mast to do number 1?1. If there are internal halyards you need to remove the base or head fitting and install cable way and halyard tubes then fill the empty space with styrofoam peanuts.2. On a San Juan 26 I drilled three small holes in the mast at spreader and two other-points and hooked (captured) the antenna wire with a ss wire loop pulled it tight to the hole and epoxied the wire in place. No more wire slap in the mast.