LED anchor lights make the "floating light problem" MUCH worse. Pinpoints of white light look a lot like Venus, bright stars, or airplane landing lights. On a hazy night they seem utterly divorced from the boats below. If I even switch my anchor light bulb (been up there since the 1980s) to LED, I am going to have several LEDs in there so it has a size to it. When I was anchored for a week in a high traffic area I had white LED aquarium lights wrapped around the forestay. Advantages were it lit the entire boat up, it was bright enough to read by 100 yards out or seemed like it, and the current draw was tiny. Disadvantage was every bug on the river showed up. Much better when the bugs are 60 feet over my head. As for both sets of lights, this is not legal. On the port side you are signaling "not under command" and the starboard side looks like a minesweeper or dredge or something.
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: Josh Muckley [mailto:muckl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 1:06 PM To: Della Barba, Joe; C&C List Subject: Re: Stus-List Running Lights >Approved LED bulbs Same goes for the anchor light. No one looks up. I was pulling into St Michaels, MD once and noticed some "lights in the trees?" When suddenly I realized they were anchor lights. Is there a problem using both the deck lights and tri-color for added visibility? I keep a very bright LED flashlight in my pocket at night so I can light up the sail or signal an oncoming boater. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Nov 3, 2014 12:13 PM, "Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: FYI - I *never* use my tricolor anymore inshore. I discovered after nearly being rammed twice that NO ONE looks up that high except freighter captains. You also may want to consider the legal liability of having non-standard lights - not that that stops powerboats from having any weird combination of lights that only sort of look something like running lights. I decided to have totally legal and BRIGHT running lights at deck level for inshore use. Joe Della Barba Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>] On Behalf Of Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 10:55 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Running Lights >Approved LED bulbs You get what you pay for.. If you choose wisely it's not just the certification, it's the overall construction and performance. After careful consideration I bought this one: http://www.miseagroup.com/solutions/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_7&products_id=23&zenid=va2a254cabmkjgrsvlq56umv46 If you shop it right you can get it for a little less than 400.00 bucks. 400 bucks for a tricolor on a boat that's used on a lake ? The way I see it, It's actually pretty cheap insurance to protect my family and favorite toy from the lowest common denominator drunk redneck plowing into my boat in the middle of the night. And yes, the thing is nothing short of amazing in the way it's built (beautiful machined / anodized aluminum, thick Lexan lens. Military spec circuitry, etc) and how it performs: Brightest tri on the lake, You can see it in the distance in broad daylight.. No kidding. Also, the Windex is brightly lit at night, the anchor light turn off automatically, even the mounting is exceptional. Also, it may be bad form on a seaway but when trying to ward-off drunk rednecks on the lake, when we sail at night my boat is lit like a Christmas tree with the tri and running lights blazing, no worries about being confused for a fishing trawler. Francois 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, Georgia _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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