Shawn, I think I might be missing something. Are you planning to remove the light from the bow pulpit or the stern pulpit?
As I read it "although I plan to delete the pulpit light and re-activate the original bow lights" it almost sounds like you are referring to 2 different sets of red and green lights at the bow? If you are removing the white light on the stern pulpit that shines 135° abaft the beam then what will you replace it with? Hopefully not planning on using the white light from the tri-color? Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Feb 4, 2020, 9:57 PM Shawn Wright via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, that makes sense to maintain both (although I plan to delete the > pulpit light and re-activate the original bow lights). I wasn't aware the > tri-light provides the aft light, but that makes sense. > -- > Shawn Wright > [email protected] > S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 > https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 9:59 AM Neil Andersen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What is required and what is smart are not always the same. A masthead >> tri-color is not what I would use here in the Chesapeake as many >> (power)boaters don’t look up. At sea, I wouldn’t use anything else. >> >> You can’t use both at the same time, but you can have both on your boat >> and use what is appropriate for where you are. >> >> By the way, the tri-color provides the aft facing white light. >> >> Neil A >> 1982 C&C FoxFire 32 >> Rock Hall, MD >> >> Neil Andersen >> 20691 Jamieson Rd >> Rock Hall, MD 21661 >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* CnC-List <[email protected]> on behalf of Shawn >> Wright via CnC-List <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:27 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Cc:* Shawn Wright >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List New thought re: anchor light? >> >> Our boat came with a new Davis LED anchor light, but I haven't pulled or >> been up the mast yet, so I attached it to one side of our solar arch, just >> above the panels, and we just run a cord with an accessory plug when >> required. We've been out in the dinghy at night, and it's clearly visible >> all around, unless you're quite close on the side that is blocked by the >> panels. I plan to move it to the masthead soon, but all this talk of >> tri-lights has me thinking about that option too. A tri-light meets the >> requirements for both bow lights and an anchor light, correct? So I just >> need a steaming light, and a stern light? (which I have). I don't like the >> pulpit mounted bow light I have (flimsy and a spinnaker magnet), and the >> in-hull bow lights are not functional at the moment. >> -- >> Shawn Wright >> [email protected] >> S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 >> https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:50 AM Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> On Monday, February 3, 2020, 11:36:51 PM EST, Len Mitchell < >>> [email protected]> 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. >>> Sent from my iPad >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >>> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >>> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >>> >>> _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. 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