P.S., yes, the mast MUST be handled by a crane. Trying to move the mast around any other way is dangerous. It's heavy.
Art Herrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Bernstorf Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:43 pm Subject: catalina27-talk: mast lights To: [email protected] > All this talk about hauling oneself up to the top of the mast > inspired me to > change out my non-working mast light that is mounted at the area > of the > spreaders. My extension ladder worked just fine to mount the > new light. I > discovered that the old light had dropped one of the wires and > when I pulled > out the slide for the port side halyard, I discovered that the > wire was worn > through down there. I dropped a new wire down the mast and > spliced it there > but the light still doesn't work. I'm fairly confident that > things are OK > inside the boat since I recently installed a new panel. That > makes me think > that it is probably a problem at the deck top in the mast. > Having had > several trailerable boats I am used to seeing masts that have > hinges or > bolts or something to pivot them into place when stepping them > and the > wiring connections that must be made at that time. My mast has > nothing like > that and appears to just sit on a plate. I am assuming that > there are > splices of the mast wires to the boat wires in the bottom of the mast. > Until I noticed that there is not apparent pivot point, I > thought that I > could just tip the mast back about 30 degrees to access those > wire splices. > My slip neighbor also has a C27TR and he told me that these > boats take a > crane to set the mast. I assumed that he was referring to the > weight: now > I'm wondering if that refers to how it is mounted as well. > > > > Is it possible to tip the mast back or does it get set straight > down on the > plate with a crane or something. If it can't tip, that means I > can't finish > this repair without hiring help which I hate to do!! > > > > Jim > > > > Jim Bernstorf > > Jules Distribution > > 6025 Cloverland Drive > > Brentwood, TN 37027 > > 615.833.1848 > > > >
