[Rhodes22-list] Mast light and VHF

[ben]

A lot of our boats have those cables run nicely.  If someone doesn't 
already have pics they can post, I'll take some next time I'm out.

Basically, they run like this:  from the base of the mast, there are 
sockets that allow them to connect/disconnect, so that the mast can 
still be raised and lowered.  That's important, and it keeps things 
looking nice, as the cables plug into a socket rather than disappear 
into a hole.

The socket is usually mounted on a little plexiglass plate on the thick 
piece of fiberglass just forward of the mast step.  From there, the 
cable drops through a miniscule gap between the fore-aft walls.  Its 
running down right behand the piece of wood where the mirror is probably 
mounted in your head.  At the bottom of the gap, the cables go forward a 
bit, and run down low,. past the water tank.  It hugs the side of the 
hull and runs behind or under the head, then behind or under the galley 
and up to the circuit panel.

I don't think it's too big a job.  It will be easier if you have somoene 
with long, skinny, and double jointed fingers.  Good luck!

Ben


Alex Stavisky wrote:
> Question to the experts.  I want to run a line
> for my mast lights and the VHF from the mast to
> the cabin electrical panel area.  Is there a way
> to fish the lines?  Is the cabin deck area
> hollow?
> Thanks Alex
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