Also, why bother taping it? Again, you are over thinking this. Tape will  
become sticky and disintegrate long before the foam insulation will. It's 
simply  a waste of time and effort. Just shove the up in the slot with the 
wires inside  it and forget about it.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 7/17/2010 8:48:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hmcheung57 at gmail.com writes:


Thanks Rummy!

I slept on the problem and first I'm going  to try easing a 1 x 2" or a bit
of skin-and-frame kayak rib stock (roughly  1/4 by 1 1/4) up from below.  If
the cabling passes in front of the  spreader bolt I may be able to ease the
insulation over it and just keep  adding sections from below.  If the 
cabling
passes behind the bolt  then I'll either have to remove it temporarily or do
as you suggest (which  is what I'll try next).

Adding them from above is a good idea, but the  radio antenna cable "comes
out" of the mast pretty far from the end (about  8") and I'm worried about
coaxing the insulation around it from the  top.  Plus, from below there's
enough space that I was able to tape  around the insulation and did so about
every two feet.  That's  probably way overkill and I'll probably start to
find shedded tape pieces  in about 15 years falling inside the mast, but it
seemed like a good idea  at the time.

I'll let you know how it works out.

Today I'm also  replacing the rudder tiller with one from Stan; mine was
about to give out  due to rot at the bolt hole between the rudder "cheeks". 
Also on the list  is to get Muireann's new Garmin GPS/depth finder 
installed. 
We're getting  ready for a two week trip to the Outer Banks!  One week
cruising the  sound side of the barrier islands and one week with family in 
a
house at  Kitty Hawk with frequent day sailing I hope.


R22RumRunner  wrote:

> 
> Mike,
> Yes, you need to remove the mast head  and insert more insulation from 
the  
> top. This solution has  worked well for me for almost 17 years now.
>  
>  Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/16/2010  6:57:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> hmcheung57 at gmail.com  writes:
> 
> 
> I  read here that folks have used pipe  insulation to silence the "cable  
> slap"
> from the cables  running inside the mast.  I just put two 6'  sections of
>  insulation onto the radio and masthead light cables, but that's  all I  
was
> able to push on.  I think that the insulation is hanging  up  on the bolt
> for
> the spreaders.  I imagine that  if I pull that bolt  I'll be able to push 
> more
>  insulation up the mast.  
> 
> My question  is: Is it  worth it to pull the spreader bolt or is what 
I've 
> got
> in  there  so far (about 12' of insulation) enough to end the cable  
slap?   
> 
> As you can tell, I'd prefer to not pull  the spreader bolt if I don't  
need
> to.
> 
>  Thanks!
> 
> 
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