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Originally Posted by Patrick_Seattle
That "cylinder" says Norseman on it. I'm assuming its Norseman swageless fitting on top connected to a backstay adjuster....
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In that case the ball of tape is covering an insulator and the wire is attached above the insulator. I believe my boat had the backstay going through the insulator and folding back on itself clamped with a couple of U bolt clamps. Standard insulators basically work like that with the two loops mechanically interwoven and the insulator holding them apart. It was similar to these cheap ones.
http://www.obrienplastics.com/images...rain_large.jpg
The nice thing about them is that the glass is in compression and if it breaks, the rig doesn't come down, it just gets slack a bit. But that didn't stop me from replacing my backstay.
That doesn't mean this is what is under that black blob but you really need to know what is under there to judge the system.
Allen