John Harris wired and mounted running lights on "Chimpanzee" before I bought it, but was using a high-$ (well, more than my flashlight, anyway) hoistable battery-powered anchor light from West Marine. Eventually I'll probably mount a mast head light and VHF antenna. You're right about the portable running lights though, Doug; stern light up in the air would work fine, provided the batteries hold out. How long did yours last?
-- John Tyner M-15 "Chimpanzee" -----Original Message----- From: Doug Kelch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Anker light... John, Before I installed the electrical system I use the battery powered running lights - I would tie or duct tape the stern light to the main halyard, put a loop of line from the halyard shackle around the topping lift to keep it from banging the mast. I would hoist it about 3/4 up the topping lift and it would come down via it's own weight - it works quite well and is another dual purpose use item. Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" > started looking for something cheaper and > battery-powered that could be hoisted aloft. > John Tyner > M-15 #412 "Chimpanzee" > > > > > Good point about price . . . For a beautiful, > functional, and nautical-history-authentic > inexpensive oil-lamp, > > you might check out the brass hurricane lamps > available from Dietz. > > > http://www.y2klanterns.com/html/dietz-hurricane.html > I own one, but just use it decoratively. I'll > probably > > employ it on my boat eventually. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rusty Knorr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:14 PM > > Subject: Anker light . . . > > > > Yes, and once they woke me up and picked me up off > the > > floor I realized that at $160.00, maybe I don't > need > > an anchor light at all... > > Still hoping I can find one in a junk store or > > someone not using one and willing to part with it. > > > > Smiling, Rusty > > > > > > --- Honshells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Have you checked out the Weams Plath series, > Rusty? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rusty Knorr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 2:46 AM > > Subject: Anker light... > > > > Thanks, Connie. > > A friend of mine actually has one and it says > > "Anker > > Light" on it, I assume it is the brand name and > > thought it was probably of German origin. It is a > > Kerosene lamp and has a beautiful thick glass > lens > > which was what drew me to it. I don't know of > that > > catalogue, how can I get a copy? > > Thank you, Rusty > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
