On early Pearson boats like the Albergs, the ends of the mast can be removed
with only moderate violence. Most of the fittings and tracks were held to
the mast extrusion by screws, so the inside of the tube is pretty prickly,
making for occasional snags in snaking wiring. There is no inner conduit
for wiring, so it's a good idea to take measure to prevent the wiring
harness from slattting about, abrading itself and keeping you awake at
night.. One way to do this is to apply, at 3-4' intervals, a set of maybe
4-5 nylon cable ties with their tails oriented radially, so that the provide
a set of springy whiskers to hold the harness in the middle of the tube. Of
course, with all that prickliness on the inside, internal halyards are out
of the question.

"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in message
news:eJOAf.2000$qG3.1113@trndny04...
Hey Matt,,, why didn't I think of that? Pull the old wire out and bring
the
new in as I do it.... the owner of the boat told me he tried to fish up a
new wire and he couldn't get it through. It hit something. Probably the
existing wire.

The problem ... he told me that there is "short" in the wire that goes to
the mast head anchor light.

Gotta have that light..!!

I have only seen this boat once and it was a short visit... I am thinking
about what needs to be done. The usual thoughts.

As for the rigging .. I did look on the West Marine site. But, I don't
feel
all that comfortable buying rigging like that.

I would rather take off the old, bring it to a rigger, and have him make
new.

This is only the shrouds. The headstay and backstay were replaced
already.





"Matt Colie" wrote in message
...
Thomas,
You give no hint where you are. So it will be tough to supply
geographicly specific answers.
The reply is in two parts inline.

Thomas Wentworth wrote:
Where or who should I go/contact to replace the wire standing rigging
of
the shrouds for an Alberg 35?

The mast is off the boat.
Call araound to local sailmakers, they will know who and where the local
rigging shops are (if any).
Label all the shrouds and take them off the mast an run them to said
rigging shop.

==

Second question: how can I get new wiring up throught the mast to
rewire
a light and replace the old?
Did you remove the existing wire yet? You can use that as a messenger.
If
you have no messenger, you go and borrow, rent, buy a thing called a
fish
tape that electricians use to get wire into conduit. You must end up
with
some effective way to support he weight of the wire (not the little tiny
screws in the light) at the truck.

What is the trick to snake-ing the wire?
No rocket sceince here. Push the fish tape in from the top there is
usually a small hole there and keep pushing until it come out the foot.
If the boat still has external halyards - this is easy. If you plan to
sleep (ever) on the boat. Make plans to keep the cable from wraping on
the inside of the mast.


Matt Colie
Lifelong Waterman, Licensed Mariner and Congential Sailor