We found a rats nest of old cables in the mast that caused a problem in dropping the new cables. So, we opened up the holes at the bottom of the mast so we could pull out to old cables. I went up the mast again to drop the new cables.
Rats nest of old cables removed from the bottom of the mast
new cables dropped into the mast.
We also removed the rubrail in preparation for installing a new one. The rubrail looked to be original (49 years old) and was rotted in several areas. Pulling it off was not to hard.
Removing the old rubrail