The downward angle seems like a valid concern. That hardly seems coast guard approved ( though they primarily concern them selves with flare expiration and PFDs from what I've experienced). More importantly, hard to expect someone to see it from 2 nautical miles away, and that might be unsafe. I was thinking the same thing, but I'm having trouble thinking of how to form the wedge. A block of wood and some sandpaper is one option, but it seems like hard work to get the angle and curve right. I was thinking of trying to cut a mold from a yogurt cup and making an epoxy plug, thinking the cup would be easy to form. That seems like a lot of work too. Don't have any yogurt cups anyway; maybe I should just start sanding :). Did you think of any clever solutions? Dan Farrell M17 #301 John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
My 74 M17 came with a Perko dome type stern light mounted on the down-sloping part of the port side coaming near the stern.
You can see a similar mounting in some of the pics of "transom rebuild" for "Monita" on the MSOGPhoto site.
Side visibility of the light is probably fine. Visibility of the light would be reduced more directly astern because of the downward slope of the mounting surface.
I will soon be re-mounting mine on a wedge that will level it up (or nearly so). It looks like that was done on "Monita" also, from one of the pics further along in the transom rebuild...?
I thought about switching to a transom mounted one, but given my starting point just leveling it up with a wedge mount seems like most return for least effort. The wiring's already there, the holes are already there, and no issues with rudder and/or motor mount reducing visible angles.
cheers, John S.
On 04/22/2017 07:38 AM, Dan Farrell wrote:
Hi folks,
My m17 came with no Stern light, and I'd like to add one. I can't figure out where the best location would be - the aft end of the coming seems like it would be a great spot if it was flat. A vertical mount on the transom would be another option.
I'm curious if any list readers have done this and where they put the light, and if they regret their decisions :).
I'm
Dan Farrell M17 #301
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