[C320-list] Bent wind instrument

[Troy Dunn]

Got the wind instrument "fixed" yesterday.   It was definitely bent.
Bending it back did produce some small stress fractures in the support so
it's probably only a mater of time now before it will need to be replaced.
This may be the winter we de-step the mast.   I had a new deck light (it
was broken) and a new LED anchor light installed as well.   I looks like
the windex is more beat up than is obvious from below as well...

Troy

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:57 PM Allan S. Field <allan.field at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Troy - There is really no good way to keep birds off the top of the mast.
> Bent wind instruments are a common problem on the Bay. Anything you put at
> the top of the mast to try and keep them off potentially becomes another
> anchor point for a nest.
>
> Allan S. Field
>
> On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Troy Dunn <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Our wind instrument has been misbehaving the last few weeks. Turns
> out...our wind instrument is bent about 20 degrees to port. I say bent as
> the strut is pointing that way and I can't think of a way it would have
> rotated into that position (maybe a loose set screw?). I have a suspicion
> that the resident osprey who has a habit of sitting on mast heads could be
> to blame or perhaps one of the many bald eagles that seem to be spending
> more and more time in the marina of late. Tomorrow I'll move the boat
> over to the lift area and "the guy" will get up in the bucket to see what
> is actually going on up there. Good news is...I'll install a new LED
> anchor light and a new deck light (it stopped working last month).
>
> Has anyone else experienced bird damage like this? Is there another way
> to end up with this problem? Grrrrr….
>
> Troy Dunn
> S/V Wonky Dog
> Hull #514
>