I noticed that when I had both my original incandescent anchor light on along with a newer LED anchor light with a bluish tint to it next to it I could pick out my boat very easily.
Perhaps along with your regular anchor light, add a colored LED, much weaker, but enough to give it a little different tint. I once bought a car remote control lock kit to try flashing a light on the boat from a distance but the useful range was too short. In the JC Whitney catalog I have seen devices to control things from a distance, to turn on your house lights from your car or turn on your car from inside the house which might work like this. Range would be the big problem. I would stay away from continously flashing lights as they might attract "official" attention. Dim LED deck lights that make your boat glow might be an effective route if the power requirement was not to dear. Large commercial vessels are required to turn on all their deck lights and they are very easy to see. Of course, if everyone did that you still would not be able to pick out your boat in an anchorage, so I tend to like the remote controlled light idea best. Maybe our resident genius Ken will make our fantasies come true... Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/29/2008 9:51:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Anchor Light Location > > Talking about lighting and Ken's information about LED lights makes me > wonder if something like an intermittent deck light at night might be > beneficial. I know that my boat is infinitely more visible when the > spreader lights are on. I have intentionally left them on when I've > gone to shore and had to return after dark in a crowed anchorage. > Currently they draw too much juice to remain on all night and since they > are incandescent, the life would be shortened by switching them on and > off. But since LED lights draw lots less current and switching them on > and off probably has little effect on their life, I was wondering about > a system that lit up the deck for a few seconds every minute or so. > Even the drunks speeding through the anchorage might take notice of a > boat lighting up every once in a while. I do have reflectors on the > mast but they're only worthwhile if someone is shining a light. > > Do they make LED spreader lights yet? How much current do they draw > typically? > > Jim. > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
