Hello all,
I read through your thoughtful responses, and realized the plastic lens up
there is probably crazed/cracked suggesting full replacement.
Then, it occurred to me that I don't like the idea of an anchor light 55+ feet
up in the air. Unless you know you're in an anchorage, it would be very easy
to confuse the light (especially new, 600K bright LEDs) with background stars.
I also think most people don't look for lights that high up in the sky -
Especially folks in dinghies and power boats. :)
That led me to ask myself - Why not just mount a new light to the top of the
bimini or some other more visible place? I have a stainless steel mount for an
old exterior satellite radio antenna I no longer use, so I could easily mount
and wire it, and in the process make it more likely that folks motoring around
the anchorage would see my boat.
Everything I see indicates this would be COLREG requirements.
Thoughts?
Bruce Whitmore
(847) 404-5092 (mobile)
bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net
On Monday, February 3, 2020, 11:36:51 PM EST, Len Mitchell
<xfireca...@gmail.com> wrote:
Bruce, our 1989 37+ had an Aqua signal tri light with strobe. Last summer I
replaced it with another aqua signal LED tri light, without the strobe. It
works great and it’s visible from a great distance but there are many choices.
Yours is probably an aqua signal but no guarantees. If it’s a light on a stick,
it is probably the same as Ken’s. I would consider new rather than retrofitting
an LED bulb, my plastic was brittle and crazed. I would also want to maximize
visibility and minimize power draw which may be easier and more efficient going
with a new fixture.
Len Mitchell
Crazy Legs
Midland On.
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