This is probably goofy and unhelpful, but I'm reminded of the
frequently occuring problem of wetvac hose clogs, and the easiest way
to clear them... running water through. If you run out of other ideas,
hoist up one end and put the garden hose in it. Water pressure per
square inch is a function of the depth of the water and 40 feet,
by ,
is about 17psi, if you stood it bolt upright and filled it with water.
At a 45 degree angle, half that.
This is probably another braindead thing, but I got tired of water
running in to the bilge during heavy rains, so I put a bunch of
polyurathane foam in the mast above the deck level and stuck a
poker through an existing disused rivet/bolt hole also above
deck level but a bit lower than the foam and and poked up
through the polyurathane, effectively causing the same problem
you are now dealing with. Oops.
Anyway, bats got in to the house last night, probably lured in
by the fresh baked strawberry rhubarb pie. Couldn't possibily be
a coincidence. So if water doesn't work, maybe try luring badgers
in to the mast.
Good luck. Let us know how it goes. Sadly, this might not be
the bottom of the barrel.
-scott
(sending in duplicate but from the correct address hoping one copy, no
more, no less, goes through)
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On 6/15/22, acc_t@... <acc_t@...> wrote:
We unstepped the mast last fall and just now are getting around to upgrading
the lights and wiring on the mast.
To my surprise it seems that a snake cannot be run down the inside of the
mast.
There are at least two blocks of an unknown material in the mast and there
seems to be no way to get new wires past them.
Or even pull an existing wire through.
Has anyone encountered this?
And if so, how to remove then? Or get through them?
Thanks
Barry
