The best way to fish wires in and out of a long narrow cavity is to tie on a poly line with a few half hitches spread over a foot or so along a wire that is still in the mast. Then use some electrical tape to secure the line. I always fold over the end of my tape to create a 'flag' to make it easier to take off once i've pulled the line through. You can find the poly line in any big box store in the electrical department. Pull the line through and then attach all the lines you want to pull back through at the top of the mast using half hitches, stagger the ends of your wires so they aren't a single clumped end, and then secure everything with electrical tape again. Try and keep everything a streamlined as possible. Don't try and use the wire that is inside the mast right now for pulling more than the poly line, you'll end up with a broken wire and heart. If the line gets snagged, try pulling on the wire end a little to loosen it and then pull for the line end again. The use of the fishing tape as mentioned before can be useful as well. If the one that you purchase doesn't come with the wire mesh attachment for connecting cables, I would use a short piece of the poly line to attach all the wires rather than folding a wire through the loop on the end of the fish tape. JamesS/V Kristy 1971 C&C 39
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