[Public-List] Nav light replacement

[Michael Nikolich]

I think I read in somewhere that the person who bought Pyewacket (the onetime Transpac record holder) from Roy Disney found a dimmer switch on the stern light circuit....

On Oct 26, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Mike Lehman wrote:

> As Mike has said, the best place for the stern light is on the pulpit...you can add a dimmer to the light, like one member did, so when racing at night you could slowly dim the light giving the illusion that you were pulling away from the rest of the fleet causing them to unnecessarily start changing trim and making all sorts of sail adjustments, thus slowing them down for real!
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Meinhold, Michael J.
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:56 AM
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Nav light replacement
> 
> I think the best place for the stern light is hanging down from the
> center of the rail.
> I have a Perko stern light there and ran the wires up through a
> stanchion.
> 
> If you are talking about the bow lights mounted on the cabin sides -
> those are not legal in the US.
> 
> Most boats have a bow light hanging from the bow pulpit, with the wires
> run through the pulpit.
> 
> Mike
> Rinn Duin #272
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of George
> Mathis
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:49 AM
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> Subject: [Public-List] Nav light replacement
> 
> 
> I am looking for suggestions on how to best replace the navigation
> lights on #439.
> I have an all-LED boat at the moment, and wonder what people have used
> to replace the bulbs in the standard deck fixtures. I figure the old
> glass/plastic is toast.
> I need to replace the starboard and port deck lights and the stern
> light. I have no idea where the stern light mounts ... it is one of the
> few mysteries I could not figure out when putting her back together. I
> have a new LED anchor light with automatic light sensor that turns it
> off during daylight hours.
> Have you replaced your nav lights recently? What did you do?
> Thx!
> George Mathis#439St. Simons Island, GA
> 
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