And one other thing to consider, as well: although the “teardrop” style sidelights on our older boats are grandfathered in, any navigation lights below deck level are no longer considered by the Coast Guard to comply with regs.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Oct 30, 2014, at 8:52 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > If I remember correctly (and this is based on reading only), the Nav lights > are Coast Guard certified only if the light and the bulb are certified. If > you replace the bulb with anything else (other than what the light was > certified with), you, at least theoretically, lose the certification of the > light. > > One might question if the light needs to be certified or even what is better, > a certified light or the light that is visible for a greater distance. But as > someone pointed out, if you are in a collision or in any situation where > lawyers might get involved (this is not a shot at the lawyers (;-)), you may > prefer to have a certified light. > > Having said that, I admit that I replaced all my navigation lights with LEDs. > I find that it is more important that they work than if they are fully > certified. In my case I used a white light LEDs, because I have a combination > green/red light on the bow. > > Possibly, it is worth its while to use the high quality LEDs and pay a bit > more of a premium for the Nav lights, since there are not that many (maximum > 5). > > just an opinion > > Marek > in Ottawa
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