Norm, your solution sounds great for a motorized dinghy such as yours. When I operate my dingy under oars, I use an all-round white nav light mounted on top of a climber's helmet, with a cord leading down from the helmet to battery placed under the thwart on which I sit while rowing. I wear the helmet, of course. It is very visible, and the helmet keeps the light from getting in my eyes.
Jim Maynard Salem, Oregon SY "Mistress" of Portland, Oregon On 2010-07-18 06:16 AM, [email protected] wrote: > My dinghy all-around is one of those tall (about 30") stalks with a bright > light at the top. At the bottom I put a small (about 3/4" diam.) stainless > ham radio whip antenna spring (Ham Radio Outlet) and a stainless twist-lock > quick disconnect (same source). It has worked very well over the years, > doesn't break when it hits something (most of the time) and is easily > removable when needed. It is high enough so that it can be seen all > around. > > The only drawback is that it does shine in Jan's eyes when she is riding on > the bow seat but it does make us easily seen by other vessels. > > We also have a red/green light at the bow. > > Using a PV "garden" light on the top of the outboard when the dink is on a > painter sounds like a great idea. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Gloucester MA > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
