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Bob.Sardo:
Hello all,

I'm a newer member that just purchased Hull# 369. This is our second time around with a P323. We previously owned Hull# 361 during the late 1990s. We came back to the P323 because we believe it was the best boat we had owned. We are happy to have that stout hull under us again. We are naming the new boat "Deja vu" for obvious reasons.

My question is about running a wind instrument wire down the inside of the mast. This boat, and our previous one, has never had an electronic wind instrument installed. Can anyone offer insight into getting the wire down to the mast step?

Thanks for your help.

Bob Sardo

Rusty Pelican:
Go buy a BIG wire snake at Home Depo

Bob.Sardo:
Thanks Rusty P. for the reply. Have you used a wire snake on your mast wiring?

Would you recommend sending the snake down and pulling a messenger line back up to pull the new wire down?

Where do I need to go to place our boat on the owners listing?

Thanks again,

Bob

selene:
Have you inspected near the spreaders?  Many boats have a hole in the mast there for decklights or other fixtures.  Also any old unused wires can come in useful - if you get lucky!

Dolce_Vita:
In mine (1978), there was a wire conduit in the mast, although the previous owners had not used it (the banging of the wires inside the mast used to drive me crazy at anchor!).  When we rebuilt the mast a year ago, that was on of the things I made sure to fix.

If you're doing this with the mast down, here's a real easy neat trick for getting a messenger line thru that long conduit.

Get a long ball of twine.  Tie a small "flag" of paper to the end.  Hook a shop-vac to one end of the conduit to provide suction, and feed the twine into the other end.  It'll suck it all the way through, neat as can be!  Then use the twine to pull a stouter 1/4" line through to use for the actual pulling. 

When I pulled the wires, I put in an extra pair for future additions, and I also included a piece of twine to use as a messenger again in the future if and when its needed.

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