[C320-list] Wiring in the Mast

[Andrew Santangelo]

Ian,

I have never done it myself (had the yard do all the work), however from what I have seen it is very straight forward though it could depend on the variations of hull #.

On my C320 the cable comes out the base of the mast and then continues to feed down a tube in the mast step.  This feeds into the cabin support post all the way to the base and out the base.  There is then a junction box under the port Settee for the network.  This is the same for the radar.

I will see it all again first hand this week since Dawn Treader is being prepped and then launched this Wednesday.

Andrew Santangelo

C320 "Dawn Treader"
#333
Holland, MI

J22 "Blitzkrieg"
Elephant Butte, New Mexico



On Aug 25, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Ian Davis wrote:

> When I recently purchased my C320 (Hull #18 - Wind Star), it had no
> electronic wind vane on the top of the mast.  I had installed one of these
> on my previous boat, and had become very dependent on it for racing.
> 
> 
> 
> So, I thought, if I can install such a thing on one boat, it can't be that
> hard to do on another.   Mmmm (that's not always good thinking)
> 
> 
> 
> On the old boat, I just 
> 
> took the mast down
> 
> screwed the transducer to the top
> 
> ran the wire down inside the mast
> 
> came out of the mast at deck level through a convenient grommet 
> 
> fitted a 6 wire thru-deck beside the mast's deck-seating - so I could
> disconnect the wind-vane to take the mast down again for anything else 
> 
> ran the inside wire through channels in the coach roof to the electronics
> head.
> 
> All pretty easy really.
> 
> 
> 
> SO..  I started looking at the C320 (both the real boat and the Catalina
> documentation).  Basically it look like all but one of the actions I just
> listed above are either extremely difficult or nigh on impossible on the
> C210.  For example, even getting the mast down looks very tricky without
> disturbing (read breaking) the deck/steaming/masthead lighting wiring that's
> there already, also I can't see how to get wiring through the deck and into
> the compression pole . etc..
> 
> 
> 
> My questions to the team therefore...  Has anyone done this before, what is
> the procedure for putting wired stuff on top of the mast, where do the wires
> come out the other end, etc.  And, anything else that I would need to know
> to do this job myself (with the exception of course of getting the mast down
> which will be a marina job).
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help provided.  And thanks to the guys who replied
> to my last post on non-self-priming water pumps.  Good info guys..
> 
> 
> 
> Ian Davis - Wind Star  (Hull #18)
>