[Public-List] Where to run wires from the mast into the boat

[Jeffrey]

Thanks Guys,

I should explain my setup a little better.  The hole that goes through the
mast beam into the cabin has a stainless pipe through it. You can't see it
from the inside, but it does stick up a couple of inches above the mast
step. It appears to be well sealed and with some extra goop around the
outside it never leaks.

Here's a picture
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Isu-4ned3Hyg_BhlVi-qIQ?feat=directlink

I'd be happy to keep this setup, except there's no extra capacity for more
wires, and I need to clip the terminals of half of the wires to remove them
all when we pull the mast. It would never work if I added one more wire.
The Blue Sea Clam thing looks good, but only for one or two wires? I've
seen a boat where someone made a little candy-cane shaped fitting (could
have been a plumbing item) that led the wires into the cabin, complete with
drip loop. It looked a little gaumy, but could accommodate quite a few
wires.

Thanks for the input guys, love hearing what everyone else does.

On another note, we brought the boat home last Wednesday and I barely got
her covered before 15 inches of snow fell over the weekend.

-Jeff



On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:37 AM, John Riley <jriley at dsbscience.com> wrote:

> ALL fittings or screws that pass through a cored surface should be
> drilled oversize, the hole filled with thickened epoxy, then proper size
> holes drilled in the epoxy "plug."  This is modern construction
> practice.  If the fitting leaks, it leaks INTO the boat, but not
> sideways into the coring.
>
> Also, as mentioned, chamfering or beveling the edge of the hole before
> bedding helps TREMENDOUSLY, so make sure to do that around any screw
> holes as well before bedding.
>
>
>
> James Allocco wrote:
> > Jeff,
> >
> >  What concerns me is water migrating sideways thru  the whole and rotting
> > the bean or the wooden fillers between the fiberglass.
> >
>
>
> --
> John S. Riley
> S/V Gaelic Sea
> 1972 Alberg 30 #521
>
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Jeffrey Fongemie

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