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internal halyard and wire slap
Marc wrote in message . ..
NO,NO, NO, and NO. Drill holes in your mast? Inject foam? What are you smoking?.Bite the bullit and un step the mast. If your internal wires are slapping, wrap the wire bundle in pipe insulation and get gigunda wire ties from Home Depot. Attach 4 wire ties every 5' at 90* to each other. The will act as a standoff. If the halyards are slapping, tie the shackle to the toerail away from the mast and put a good strain on it. On 23 Jan 2004 09:33:53 -0800, (Parallax) wrote: Mnay ppl have complained about slapping of halyards and wires inside their masts and are looking for solutions. Strangely, this has never bothered me but I may have a solution. Get several cans of that expanding foam (product name "Great Stuff"). Every 10' or so drill a tiny hole in the mast large enough for the nozzle to fit. Push the nozzle in far enough to squirt a dab on the opposite internal mast wall, on the side wall and opposite wall and withdraw the nozzle to put a little just inside the hole. Allow it to set. Push the nozzle through the dried foam at the hole till it is above the four foam spots and inject enough to form a blob filling the cross section at the mast. It will be held in place by the four hardened blobs. Let it begin to set but work th halyards up and down as it sets. I have not tried this but might if the slap ever bothers me. DBO Hey, it was just an idea, never said it would work. Actually, I have done this with the Great Stuff Foam at work on a tube with a wire hoist inside. As far as drilling holes, most of us with older boats have numerous holes in the mast where previous owners put things. Yup, it is sticky, but has no tensile strength and a string or rope through it will free easily (yeah, I tried it at work). Sorry, most of these ideas are the result of too many red eye flights from one coast to another. |
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