[C320-list] tri color lite

Tue Feb 28 10:30:19 PST 2012

I have run wires through a mast but never with the mast stepped and I would never try it. If you insist on doing it yourself, I would un- step the mast as you never know what surprises await. I can imagine that getting the wire up through the compression post and then up through the mast would at the very least be problematic.
Be interested in knowing how you make out.
Cheers
JohnM
1999#574

> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:43:16 -0800
> From: wmo48 at yahoo.com
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] tri color lite
> 
> Mike,
> I've never tried it, but since I pull my mast off every winter, I can tell you 
> what your up against.  At the mast step on deck the wiring splits into 2 
> separate 7/8" ID PVC chase tubes that run up the inside of the aft end of the 
> mast.  One tube goes to the lower spreaders to supply the deck light.  The other 
> tube goes to the near the masthead.  The only way I can think for you to jump 
> from the compression tube top opening to the chase tube is by using an existing 
> wire or cable that runs to the masthead.  By using an existing wire as a 
> messenger, with luck you should be able to reach the masthead.  Obviously this 
> is not a easy task to do 47' about the water swinging from a chair with very 
> little leverage.
> Good luck.
> Mike Ott
> 'Amanda Lu'
> #508
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Meloy <frpoint at earthlink.net>
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Sent: Tue, February 28, 2012 11:09:41 AM
> Subject: [C320-list] tri color lite
> 
> I'm in the process of installing a tri color light (Lunasea) and need to run
> two wires up the mast. The messenger line in the bilge seems to terminate at
> the deck. 
> Has anyone run extra wires to the mast head without removing the mast? 
> 
> 
> Mike & Cindy Meloy
> Even Keel
> C320 #769
> 
> 
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>   1. Re: Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope (Jeff Hare)
>   2. Re: Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope (Warren Updike)
>   3. Re: Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope (JJ Morrison)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:20:47 -0500
> From: Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope
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> We have 75' of 1/4" Hi Test chain. Not that we use it much. One
> consideration might be the depths you typically anchor in and how close
> together other boats typically anchor in your area.
> 
> It is nicer to have the chain all out and have the rhode to cleat off. It
> doesn't bang on the hull when you go slack and drift around.
> 
> But we are not even close to being experts in the anchoring area.
> 
> Jeff 
> 
> Paul <pjaarch at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> It is highly suggested that you get chain no shorter than the length of the
> boat. I have 32' on mine but 50' would be better.
> 
> 
> Paul Adison
> C320 #722
> S/V Rough Draft
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: John Scott
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:01 AM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Cc: John Scott
> Subject: [C320-list] Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope
> 
> To anyone who uses a Maxwell VW500 Windlass: I'm just installing one on my 
> 1993 C320. I know I'm looking for 1/4" High Test Grade 40 or 43 chain, but 
> how much chain should I be getting? I'm expecting that the chain would lead 
> to 200 ft. of anchor line. What are your thoughts?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John Scott
> Wooshkeetaan #15
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:03:36 -0500
> From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope
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> John, it depends on where you anchor.  On the mid to northern Chesapeake Bay
> where anchoring depths rarely exceed 15 feet in soft to firm mud, I find 12'
> of chain is enough.  Where depths are greater and/or bottoms are iffy, the
> more the better; but, I think the recommendation of one boat length
> reasonable.  The weight of such a chain is significant. 
> 
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Scott [mailto:jcscott at cpsc.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:02 AM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Cc: John Scott
> Subject: [C320-list] Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope
> 
> To anyone who uses a Maxwell VW500 Windlass:  I'm just installing one on my
> 1993 C320.  I know I'm looking for 1/4" High Test Grade 40 or 43 chain, but
> how much chain should I be getting?  I'm expecting that the chain would lead
> to 200 ft. of anchor line.  What are your thoughts?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John Scott
> Wooshkeetaan #15
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:07:25 +0000
> From: JJ Morrison <sail-ability at sympatico.ca>
> To: Catalina List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope
> Message-ID: <SNT107-W127DF791DBD0E69C1106AE96B0 at phx.gbl>
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> 
> We sail on Lake Ontario (Cdn side) and have 150' of 1/4high tensile chain
> and 200' of nylon rode; the windlass has a chain gypsy as well as a rope
> drum. Never got down to using the nylon rode but have often used all of the
> chain. The anchor is a 15kg Bruce and is attached to the chain with an
> anchor swivel which I highly recommend. Makes getting the anchor on board
> the boat a lot safer and easier.
> Cheers
> JohnM
> 1999#574
> 
> 
> > From: wupdike at hotmail.com
> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> > Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:03:36 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope
> > 
> > John, it depends on where you anchor. On the mid to northern Chesapeake
> Bay
> > where anchoring depths rarely exceed 15 feet in soft to firm mud, I find
> 12'
> > of chain is enough. Where depths are greater and/or bottoms are iffy, the
> > more the better; but, I think the recommendation of one boat length
> > reasonable. The weight of such a chain is significant. 
> > 
> > Warren & Pattie Updike
> > 1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Scott [mailto:jcscott at cpsc.com] 
> > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:02 AM
> > To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> > Cc: John Scott
> > Subject: [C320-list] Maxwell VW500 Windlass chain/rope
> > 
> > To anyone who uses a Maxwell VW500 Windlass: I'm just installing one on my
> > 1993 C320. I know I'm looking for 1/4" High Test Grade 40 or 43 chain, but
> > how much chain should I be getting? I'm expecting that the chain would
> lead
> > to 200 ft. of anchor line. What are your thoughts?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > John Scott
> > Wooshkeetaan #15
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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