Hi Rob Any chance UV got to your zip ties and the reflector simply fell to the deck and exploded on impact?
Mike -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of robert via CnC-List Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 10:46 AM To: robert via CnC-List Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List Radar Reflector Just finished a sail on Saturday p.m., started the motor and was standing in the cockpit with my back facing the bow when I heard a loud noise, what sounded like a 12 gauge gun go off behind me......felt something hit me in the back, turned around and saw 5 - 6 square pieces of aluminum on the deck and on the cockpit sole.....scared the heck out of me.....for a moment, had no idea what had just happened. Looked up to check things aloft and noticed my radar reflector (cylinder shaped) which I had attached to my lower shroud with four (4) zip ties (2 each top and bottom)......had been doing that for a dozen years with no issues....and it was gone....all gone....nothing left attached to the shroud.....not the two black end pieces of the reflector or any of the 4 plastic zip ties.....only thing(s) that remained were 6 pieces of the aluminum from inside the reflector that fell down.....the rest must of went overboard. I have never heard of this happening, ever......the radar reflector simply exploded. And it was not full of water which might have expanded because some years ago when I took it off the boat in the Fall, there was a little water in it so I drilled a 3/16" hole in one side which always then became the 'bottom' when attaching to the shroud in the Spring. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Can anyone explain how a cylinder type radar reflector can explode like mine did? Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
