yep.. I have a plug in Davis light... plug it in and hang just below the
boom..
they make a led top of the mast light too..
Or you can hang an oil trawler lamp from the jib halyard tied off to a stay
on each side..
certainly low draw as you are using lamp oil..
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Ed Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Those little DAVIS lights with the Light detecting diode make it easy to
> have two, and just leave one up on the boom (or my
> preference - on the line to the front furler) all the time at anchor
> and let it go on and off with the sunset and sunrise automatically.
>
> Ed
>
> Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly)
> USSV Angel Louise - a Catalac catamaran
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>
> On Oct 14, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Norm of Bandersnatch wrote:
>
>
>
> COLREGS states "A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may exhibit an
> all-round white light where it can best be seen..." as an anchor light.
>
> Problems have arisen with this.
>
> Most sailboats have their anchor light on the tip of the mast. The
> disadvantage to this is the height. When underway one usually concentrates
> ones attention at or near the horizon where a problem is most likely to lie
> and not up in the sky. The other problem with this location is that the
> anchor light may be lost among the stars.
>
> The other option for most is to hang the anchor light from the boom. While
> this location is in the normal sightline of an approaching vessel operator
> this has the disadvantage of being obscured by the mast and other objects
> low on the boat at some aspects.
>
> And this location has been known to attract unwanted attention from
> cops, complete with flashing lights, screaming sirens, and a truculent
> attitude, who have a different opinion than the Skipper has about "where it
> can best be seen", as Fred Fraim reported on this List about one night he
> spent in the Great State of Georgia (where living on a boat is contrary to
> state law).
>
> In Melbourne FL one cruiser was attacked by a cop for having his anchor
> light on the tip of his mast, and the same night, by a different cop for
> having it hanging from him boom.
>
> I suppose the answer is two lights, one on the masthead, another down low,
> and thanks to folks like our own Ken James doing that today is easier and
> more practical than ever.
>
>
>
> Norm
> S/V Bandersnatch
> Lying Julington Creek
> 30 07.695N 081 38.484W
>
>
>
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