Becky
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replacing the wind instruments.
I was impressed; but only in so far as I winched him up and cleated the halliard off until he had completed the task /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
To be serious he went aloft in 15 - 20 knots of wind and a lot more in the gusts to remove the wind instrument cable and replace with new. I had to winch him up to the masthead (he helped by climbing our mast ladder; my bit wasn't difficult). Then he had to haul the old wire out of the mast after I had moused onto it from the base. Then we hauled the mousing line through, and taped the new cable onto it.So far so good. Next I taped the new cable onto the mouseing line and pulled it through. Poor Richard was up the mast for ages, over an hour, and he hd to drill the top of the mast to fit the new anemometer base amd then screw it down. It worked beautifully when we had finished.
But so long on one of those bosun chair things which are tightly belted around the waist really seemed to me to be worse than a tourniquet!!
Still, after a glass of wine and a hot soup in the Mary Mouse (not bad insidentally) he could feel his legs and things again.
I was impressed!!!!! Wouldn't like to have to do it myself. Have been to the masthead in the past, when there wasn't a nice man available to do it for me /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
But the wind speed and direction are now restored. Worrying thing is that the old cable has become badly damaged inside the mast and we don't know on what. There are other wires running down the mast, the VHF, the Seame and the radar for example.
However the radar doesn't work so maybe there is something inside our mast that chews through cables. A winter job, I am afraid.
Still, another problem sorted out, another step nearer our summer departure date. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I was impressed; but only in so far as I winched him up and cleated the halliard off until he had completed the task /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
To be serious he went aloft in 15 - 20 knots of wind and a lot more in the gusts to remove the wind instrument cable and replace with new. I had to winch him up to the masthead (he helped by climbing our mast ladder; my bit wasn't difficult). Then he had to haul the old wire out of the mast after I had moused onto it from the base. Then we hauled the mousing line through, and taped the new cable onto it.So far so good. Next I taped the new cable onto the mouseing line and pulled it through. Poor Richard was up the mast for ages, over an hour, and he hd to drill the top of the mast to fit the new anemometer base amd then screw it down. It worked beautifully when we had finished.
But so long on one of those bosun chair things which are tightly belted around the waist really seemed to me to be worse than a tourniquet!!
Still, after a glass of wine and a hot soup in the Mary Mouse (not bad insidentally) he could feel his legs and things again.
I was impressed!!!!! Wouldn't like to have to do it myself. Have been to the masthead in the past, when there wasn't a nice man available to do it for me /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
But the wind speed and direction are now restored. Worrying thing is that the old cable has become badly damaged inside the mast and we don't know on what. There are other wires running down the mast, the VHF, the Seame and the radar for example.
However the radar doesn't work so maybe there is something inside our mast that chews through cables. A winter job, I am afraid.
Still, another problem sorted out, another step nearer our summer departure date. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif