Good idea. I am concerned about using that 180 point stern light and preserving night vision. The newer montys have the stern light flush mounted on the transom so no light finds its way across the cockpit. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Keith R. Martin < keith.richard.martin@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting discussion on stern lights.....
In my case I chose to have a mast mounted tri-colour and an all round white, as well as side mounted nav lights on each side of the Bow.
So when sailing just the typical tri-colour up top, but when under power my lights are configured with the all white up top and the side mounted nav lights lit up, allowing me to avoid placement of an actual stern light at cockpit level.
Is anyone else using this configuration??
*Keith R. Martin, P.Eng.*
*Burnaby, B.C. CanadaSerenity,** M17 Hull #353*
On 4 February 2016 at 19:41, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
On 02/04/2016 09:09 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
... Also very handy for dealing with the aft running lite or when adding wiring for an auto helm.
Speaking of stern light - my M17 has the standard Perko dome style light installed on the downward slope of the port side coaming where it drops down to the transom. But it was just mounted flat on the slope, meaning it's tilted quite steeply. The solid part of the dome blocks a lot of the light astern (problematic, for a stern light!).
Some of the pictures shared recently about other things (like rudders) included a view of same light in same place, but with a nice wood wedge under the light so it sits level with respect to the horizon.
For those who have something like that for their stern light - was it something you bought, or did you make it or have it made, one-off?
I want to level my light in same way so wondering if there's something ready-made or I'll need to make it.
thanks, John S.
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