Possible but not likely.....the zip ties were only there for maybe 2
weeks....I put the radar reflector on when we stepped the mast earlier
this month....I have used zip ties for this purpose for the past 12
seasons with no issues....have to cut them off in the Fall when we
unstep the mast....don't leave the reflector on the rig during winter
storage......had one stolen in the spar shed one winter.
The 'explosion' I heard happened above me, not an impact from it falling
to the deck. What is puzzling is that all 4 zip ties were gone as well
as the 2 black end pieces that the zip ties attached to the shroud.
How could the sun degrade all 4 zip ties in that short period? And how
could all 4 ties come off the shroud? There was nothing left on the shroud.
Was hoping someone here might explain it as I simply don't understand
this.
Rob
On 2018-05-22 10:34 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List wrote:
Hi Rob
Any chance UV got to your zip ties and the reflector simply fell to the deck
and exploded on impact?
Mike
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 10:46 AM
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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.
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