i60 wind pack installation with deck stepped mast

[choroj]

I have purchased the Raymarine i60 wind system and want to install it on my boat which has a deck stepped mast. The literature with the instrument and other information I have read on line indicate that the transducer cable must not be cut. However, it does not make sense to me to not be able to put a connector for the cable at the base on the mast to attach to a reciprocal connector that comes up through the deck into the base of the mast. This reciprocal connector would be attached to the cable that connects to the instrument dial. With a 42 foot mast and 90 feet of cable, it does not make sense to feed 48 feet of cable through the deck at the mast step twice yearly (once when I step the mast and once when I take the mast down for the winter).

I assume I am not the only one who has a deck stepped mast and is wondering how to install this equipment. What advice can anyone give me on how to solve this problem? I am very reluctant to drill a [censored] in the mast and a [censored] in my deck just to feed the cable through.

Please help! I have attached the transducer to the top of the mast and run the cable to the base of the mast, but I cannot step my mast until I solve how to run the cable.

Thanks!