Re: Stus-List Mast sensor upgrade experience requested

2018-04-05 Thread James Bibb via CnC-List 
Thanks Francois!  Great insight and really helpful.  

I’ve never unstepped a keel mast before but I may do that and as you suggested, 
be able to go through the mast and really take my time.  

Great help.  Things up here in Alaska are finally thawing out a bit.  

James Bibb

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 8:02 AM, Francois Rivard  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi James, 
> 
> I have a 34/36 and I did replace the sensor twice.. Once with the mast off 
> and once "in-situ"/ 
> 
> My mast did have a conduit and I used the old wire as a messenger line as 
> mentioned before.  Really straightforward / no issues.  
> 
> The harder part is that I had to fabricate a custom aluminum bracket to 
> accommodate the new sensor and mount it solidly.  I was glad I had the mast 
> off as it took a lot of measuring / fitting / trimming to make sure that the 
> bracket was as long / wide as possible to spread the load / fit in the 
> mounting holes  / not interfere with the halyards and sheaves / VHF antenna 
> mount / tricolor.  
> 
> Also, while the mast was off I did a fair amount of cleanup  / refreshed the 
> spreader boots / replaced deck light bulbs / etc. 
> 
> Long story short it was 80 bucks more than well spent to take the mast down / 
> get it all done right  / clean, lube, easily service everything I could while 
> it was down. 
> 
> The 2nd time I replaced it (It appeared to have been nailed by lightning 
> surge).  That was "in-situ" but then all the hard stuff was already done it 
> was plug and play. 
> 
> My 2 cents. 
> 
> -Francois Rivard
> 1990 34+ "Take Five"
> Lake Lanier, GA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 34-36R with a pretty skinny tall mast?anybody have any experience upgrading 
> the wind sensor and VHF while the mast is in-place?  I need to know if 
> there?s a conduit running and what to expect as I may be the person scaling 
> the mast and I want to make the least number of trips to the top?
> 
> And?if somebody?s done this, what where the learning moments?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> James. Bibb
> 
> SV Darwin?s Folly
> C 34-36R
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Stus-List Mast sensor upgrade experience requested

2018-04-05 Thread Francois Rivard via CnC-List 
Hi James,

I have a 34/36 and I did replace the sensor twice.. Once with the mast off
and once "in-situ"/

My mast did have a conduit and I used the old wire as a messenger line as
mentioned before.  Really straightforward / no issues.

The harder part is that I had to fabricate a custom aluminum bracket to
accommodate the new sensor and mount it solidly.  I was glad I had the mast
off as it took a lot of measuring / fitting / trimming to make sure that
the bracket was as long / wide as possible to spread the load / fit in the
mounting holes  / not interfere with the halyards and sheaves / VHF antenna
mount / tricolor.

Also, while the mast was off I did a fair amount of cleanup  / refreshed
the spreader boots / replaced deck light bulbs / etc.

Long story short it was 80 bucks more than well spent to take the mast down
/ get it all done right  / clean, lube, easily service everything I could
while it was down.

The 2nd time I replaced it (It appeared to have been nailed by lightning
surge).  That was "in-situ" but then all the hard stuff was already done it
was plug and play.

My 2 cents.

-Francois Rivard
1990 34+ "Take Five"
Lake Lanier, GA




34-36R with a pretty skinny tall mast?anybody have any experience upgrading
the wind sensor and VHF while the mast is in-place?  I need to know if
there?s a conduit running and what to expect as I may be the person scaling
the mast and I want to make the least number of trips to the top?

And?if somebody?s done this, what where the learning moments?

Thanks.

James. Bibb

SV Darwin?s Folly
C 34-36R
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Re: Stus-List Mast sensor upgrade experience requested

2018-04-04 Thread James Bibb via CnC-List 
Thanks!

Sent from my iPad

James Bibb
NorthWind Architects LLC
126 Seward St. Street
Juneau, Alaska. 99801

(907) 321-4265 cell
(907) 586-6150 ext 5 wk 

> On Apr 4, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
> Normally a conduit is riveted to the forward side of the mast.  You'll 
> probably want to have a service disconnect terminal block at the base of the 
> mast if it doesn't already exist.  Any existing spade/ring terminals will 
> probably need to be cut off before pulling the existing cable out.  Secure a 
> string to the cable very well and pull the cable out the top of the mast.  
> Reattach the new cable to the string and pull it back down.  Cut to length 
> leaving an extra foot or two.  Crimp on some terminals and reattach to the 
> terminal block.
> 
> Josh Muckley
> S/V Sea Hawk 
> 1989 C 37+
> Solomons, MD
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 2:07 PM James Bibb via CnC-List  
>> wrote:
>> 34-36R with a pretty skinny tall mast…anybody have any experience upgrading 
>> the wind sensor and VHF while the mast is in-place?  I need to know if 
>> there’s a conduit running and what to expect as I may be the person scaling 
>> the mast and I want to make the least number of trips to the top?
>> 
>> And…if somebody’s done this, what where the learning moments?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> James. Bibb
>> 
>> SV Darwin’s Folly
>> C 34-36R
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Re: Stus-List Mast sensor upgrade experience requested

2018-04-04 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List 
If you are replacing the VHF wire with a pre-made connector for the top
(and you should), you have to feed from the top down.  I re-wired my mast
when it was down and used a variation of Josh's method.  I taped a small
line to the old wire and then taped the new wire to the string so I pulled
the new wire and messenger through all at once.

Joel

On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Normally a conduit is riveted to the forward side of the mast.  You'll
> probably want to have a service disconnect terminal block at the base of
> the mast if it doesn't already exist.  Any existing spade/ring terminals
> will probably need to be cut off before pulling the existing cable out.
> Secure a string to the cable *very well* and pull the cable out the top
> of the mast.  Reattach the new cable to the string and pull it back down.
> Cut to length leaving an extra foot or two.  Crimp on some terminals and
> reattach to the terminal block.
>
> Josh Muckley
> S/V Sea Hawk
> 1989 C 37+
> Solomons, MD
>
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 2:07 PM James Bibb via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
>> 34-36R with a pretty skinny tall mast…anybody have any experience
>> upgrading the wind sensor and VHF while the mast is in-place?  I need to
>> know if there’s a conduit running and what to expect as I may be the person
>> scaling the mast and I want to make the least number of trips to the top?
>>
>> And…if somebody’s done this, what where the learning moments?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> James. Bibb
>>
>> SV Darwin’s Folly
>> C 34-36R
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Re: Stus-List Mast sensor upgrade experience requested

2018-04-04 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List 
Normally a conduit is riveted to the forward side of the mast.  You'll
probably want to have a service disconnect terminal block at the base of
the mast if it doesn't already exist.  Any existing spade/ring terminals
will probably need to be cut off before pulling the existing cable out.
Secure a string to the cable *very well* and pull the cable out the top of
the mast.  Reattach the new cable to the string and pull it back down.  Cut
to length leaving an extra foot or two.  Crimp on some terminals and
reattach to the terminal block.

Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C 37+
Solomons, MD

On Wed, Apr 4, 2018, 2:07 PM James Bibb via CnC-List 
wrote:

> 34-36R with a pretty skinny tall mast…anybody have any experience
> upgrading the wind sensor and VHF while the mast is in-place?  I need to
> know if there’s a conduit running and what to expect as I may be the person
> scaling the mast and I want to make the least number of trips to the top?
>
> And…if somebody’s done this, what where the learning moments?
>
> Thanks.
>
> James. Bibb
>
> SV Darwin’s Folly
> C 34-36R
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Stus-List Mast sensor upgrade experience requested

2018-04-04 Thread James Bibb via CnC-List 
34-36R with a pretty skinny tall mast…anybody have any experience upgrading the 
wind sensor and VHF while the mast is in-place?  I need to know if there’s a 
conduit running and what to expect as I may be the person scaling the mast and 
I want to make the least number of trips to the top? 

And…if somebody’s done this, what where the learning moments? 

Thanks. 

James. Bibb

SV Darwin’s Folly
C 34-36R
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