Given heavy-gauge single-conductor, I’d guess grounding cable for lightning protection. I wonder what the PO did with the 20 feet of cable at the base.
Grenadine has a short AWG 0 gauge battery cable bolted to the mast box on one end and a keel bolt on the other end. No such long cable in the mast. Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO > On Mar 10, 2019, at 9:14 PM, Steven A. Demore via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the mast of my C&C 30 MK1 down for rebuild right now. Just replaced > the wiring and found a cable I’m not sure about. It is a heavy gauge > stranded single conductor wire, maybe 1/8 or 3/16, with a thick red > insulation on it. If I had to guess, a heavy ground wire. There is about 20 > feet of cable coiled at the base of the mast and it goes all the way to the > top of the mast, where it just sticks out 6 or 12 inches. > > Did these boats have lightning rods or something originally? Is there > something that a big ground wire would do that a 45 foot hunk of aluminum > wouldn’t do? I’m afraid to ask this one, as it is probably a religious > argument, but should the mast (or a lightning rod??) be grounded to a keel > bolt or something? If there is supposed to be a lightning rod, does anybody > have a picture of one and how it is mounted? > > Thanks, > Steve > > SV Doin’ It Right > 1973 C&C 30 MK1 > Pasadena, MD > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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