Will be making a trip up to replace the windvane the local avian population was kind enough to dismember. Will check the windspeed thingy which no wants to rotate [BTW, are these repairable?]. Will replace the "sea anemone" looking thing that used to make the mast top inhospitable for birds to land on before it shifted to a less threatening angle. Course will change out the mast light fixtures with LEDs. Should I be considering relocating gps and vhf antennas up top?
What all goes on top of the mast?
- Thread starter wufibugs
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VHF antenna and don't get cheap on the coax. Most of your losses are in the coax going up the mast.
At the top of my mast I have a non-functioning VHF antenna (tested good before the mast went up), a wind vane that after only 7 weeks seems to be fouled with spider webs, a nonfunctional anchor light (tested good before mast went up) and a mast head unit for my nonfunctional Data marine wind instrument. Which also tested good before the mast was stepped.
Still for the life of me cannot understand putting an anchor light WAY up there, where people in small boats won't notice it. WORSE spot on the boat in my opinion.
I want mine about 6-8 feet off the deck, so the pre dawn fishermen, and dinghy drivers heading back from the bar at midnight will see the thing. At the mast head is great so ships can see, but I don't anchor where ships are moving.
I want mine about 6-8 feet off the deck, so the pre dawn fishermen, and dinghy drivers heading back from the bar at midnight will see the thing. At the mast head is great so ships can see, but I don't anchor where ships are moving.