Installing AIS and WiFi Antennas on our Mizzen Mast: DIY Boat Refit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ย. 2024
- Our Mizzen Mast needs a lot of love before we can put it up, So while waiting for my new Router to make the Mark III Tangs I have been working on the two antennas.
This has been a journey of discovery. I needed to fit a duct in the mast, - never done that before. I needed to rivet to the mast - never done that before. The list of never done that before just kept growing.
Both our AIS and WiFi Boost Antennas come from Digital Yacht and we bought ready-made cables from them too.
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We are changing all the standing rigging on our 1977 Rival 38 to Dyneema synthetic rigging. That includes all shrouds, stays and even the chainplates for both masts of our ketch rig.
We are refitting a 1977 Rival 38 for a Sustainable Sailing retirement in a few years. Three years ago, when we bought Vida she was in a very tired and damp condition with all original equipment and fittings (much of it not working). We have removed all the gas, diesel and paraffin equipment, and are installing all-electric (motor, cooking etc).
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These videos help at least a bit as I try to figure out my mast rigging/wiring etc. I'm in the process of fitting a used mast onto a boat I built - about to design the mast head (fractional - it is a catamaran) and all that. I made my tangs for diamond stays out of stainless strap and having a bugger of time figuring out how to polish them. Lots of little things to work out. Even locating j-bolts to fit a mast head.. I think I'm going to make my own. Keeps us busy.
Have you seen this from Beau and Brandy on polishing stainless chainplates. Might help.
th-cam.com/video/kv8pW0485-g/w-d-xo.html
Mate, those rivet nibs inside your electrical conduit will eventually cut through the the antenna cable insulation and create an additional ground point that reduces performance significantly, and randomly in the future. This issue could be worse on any power cables running through that conduit. I like the rivet idea very much, but might consider going with a wider diameter primary conduit held with rivets and double sleeving with a smaller conduit that is glued in place. Constant motion and wear is the enemy. Love your video BTW
Yup that concerned me. The inner tube is a great solution. Will look at that.
We think we have found a reasonable solution. We couldn't find a plastic tube/pipe that would fit in the conduit and still be big enough to fit the cables in. However, we have bought a larger garden hose with a 1" diameter. Hopefully both cables should fit in it.
While not as tough as a solid plastic tube if a rivet head does work through the hose there won't be much sticking through for the cables to chafe on.
thanks for the video, just found it - I own a 1972 Twister that I'm constantly upgrading. Quick question (and please just point me in the direction of the video if you've covered it already) what paint did you use to paint your mast/mizzen, why did you choose to paint and how many coats? TIA
We painted them just before we started doing TH-cam a bit more seriously.
The anodising had worn off the main (the mizzen might have been replaced at some point). So we had one gold and one grey mast.
Also a number of fittings had been improperly fitted so there was some localised electrolytic corrosion.
We used a nylon grinding pad to clean up the pitting. We used epoxy filler on all the holes/pitting.
Then International Perfection 2 part paints (2 epoxy primer, 1 undercoat and 2 top coat if I remember correctly)