[Public-List] Port and starboard navigation lights.

[Jay Davenport]

I replaced my old lights, which were mounted on pads forward, with a combination (port & starboard) led fixture which is mounted in the center of the bow rail. It no longer gets in the way of ground tackle or dock lines, is twice as bright (2 nm), and always works. A good investment.

Jay Davenport
Revolution, A30 #526



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My old Perko lights are mounted on both sides of my cabin, just forward of the focsle bulkhead.  The wiring runs entirely inside the boat and has minimal corrison problems - although they do corrode.  I switched to an LED masthead tri color light several years ago and am very happy with it.  Don't even have the old Perkos connected anymore.

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From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
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Subject: [Public-List] Port and starboard navigation lights.
Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 1:57 pm


Hello Stephen

I've switched Surprise over to LED.  You can get LED 'bulbs' to fit any incandescent now.    They aren't rated, but I have noticed they're much brighter and have more vivid colours than what I had.  

And of course one can hardly measure the amps they draw...  

Gord #426 Surprise.  

On 2012-11-08, at 4:14 PM, Stephen Gwyn <stephen.gwyn at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> What do people for port and starboard navigation lights on their
> boats, and where do they put them? A quick Google image search
> indicates that most people have the older Perko lights, chromed
> brass, installed on wooden pads on the deck just inside the toe
> rail. That's what I have. But my set at least are highly unreliable.
> They're also dim and low down.
> Has anybody switched to LED lights?
> Has anybody installed lights elsewhere on the boat?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stephen
> 
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