Jim:
Look into LED lights. The clamp-on ones aren't too expensive, and the
batteries last a long time. More new LED stuff is coming out all the
time. Some battery-powered Christmas lights (3 AA batteries per
string) come in the right colors (red, green, white) and cost about
$3.50 per string at Walmart currently. I haven't checked the current
draw yet, but will.
--Gary Hyde
2005 M17 sailboat #637 'Hydeaway 2'
We can't change the wind, but we can trim our sails.
On Oct 12, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Jim Sadler wrote:
What are you skippers doing for running lights? I am setting up
Pelican for
ocean cursing and want decent running lights.
I now have lights with suction cups that stick on the side of the
cabin
(this is so un kool). Is the hot tip to mount the lights to the
bow and
stern pulpits? What size batteries are you using? What is the light
arrangement? I am thinking of having a light for under power, an
anchor
light at the head of the mast, and the normal running lights maybe
even a
spreader light. I figure I could be underway at night for maybe 8
hours and
the battery (or oil) would need to last that long. Are any of you
using a
solar panel or wind turbine?
Yep you are right
That ole boy just finished reading "Diary of a sea captains wife"
Captain James Albert Sadler
skipper sailing vessel Pelican M-15
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