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OJ
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Initially Posted - 07/02/2015 : 08:08:36

Adding wind instrument which requires another thru-deck near the base of the mast. Where do you install your thru-decks in relation to the mast tabernacle?

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islander
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Response Posted - 07/02/2015 : 17:14:26

I only have 2. One is the factory mast lights deck plug on the port side and the second is in front of the mast for my radio wire. Find a place that you aren't going to kick with your foot if you intend on using a deck plug. My mast light plug is beat up from being kicked. The radio wire isn't a deck plug. The wire passes through the deck (water tight thru-deck) and has the connection inside the boat in the head ceiling. It is much more forgiving to being kicked.

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound

Edited by - islander on 07/02/2015 17:19:46

Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 07/02/2015 : 17:20:07

I mounted mine close to the one for the mast light wires. That way, I only had to remember that there was only one area where I had to be careful of where I stepped.

Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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OJ
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Response Posted - 07/03/2015 : 10:38:09

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Milby

I mounted mine close to the one for the mast light wires. That way, I only had to remember that there was only one area where I had to be careful of where I stepped.

Steve,

Perhaps you are a member of the CRS club?

Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 07/03/2015 : 12:06:21

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Originally posted by OJ

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Milby

I mounted mine close to the one for the mast light wires. That way, I only had to remember that there was only one area where I had to be careful of where I stepped.

Steve,

Perhaps you are a member of the CRS club?

I googled "CRS Club" because I never heard of it, and google took me to a chatline where someone described it as a "dive-bar strip club with no dancers," in Tazewell Tennessee. They said "CRS" stands for "C (cut) R (rape) S(stab)" I trust that isn't the CRS Club to which you're referring.

By mistake, a buddy and I stopped in such a place many years ago, in my college days, but shortly thereafter we crawled out the door on our hands and knees, right after the fight and the shooting started. Ah, those were the days!!!

Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 07/03/2015 : 13:55:20

I just learned this one the other day myself.

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Response Posted - 07/07/2015 : 11:59:02

Could probably mount a ss drink holder upside down to protect the plug. Then you need something to protect your toes.

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upnorth-mn
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Response Posted - 07/08/2015 : 09:07:44

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Originally posted by islander

I only have 2. One is the factory mast lights deck plug on the port side and the second is in front of the mast for my radio wire. Find a place that you aren't going to kick with your foot if you intend on using a deck plug. My mast light plug is beat up from being kicked. The radio wire isn't a deck plug. The wire passes through the deck (water tight thru-deck) and has the connection inside the boat in the head ceiling. It is much more forgiving to being kicked.

How do you run the coax for the radio antennae inside the boat for a clean looking install?

Up North - C25 SR/SK Traditional w/Pop-top #2172 / Lake Pepin
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she's an old boat he says / with gate valves as seacocks / cracked and weathered teak / and sails misshapen / from close hauled tacks upwind

islander
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Response Posted - 07/08/2015 : 09:39:10

The cable/wire runs through the deck with a cable clam. The connection is inside the boat out of the weather. The cable clam is not my photo but is for illustration, The connection photo is mine.