--------------------------------------------------------- Forget long distance calls to your ISP back at home, with Net2Roam's local rates. See http://web2mail.com/n2r.php?3 --------------------------------------------------------- Do you intend to actually use it as an anchor light, Rusty, or just as a pretty oil lamp in the house? Either way they can be financially impractical. I thought, very briefly, about one for an anchor light (and longer about one for the house), but then started looking for something cheaper and battery-powered that could be hoisted aloft. I finally found a flashlight which, by pulling down the housing, becomes an unblocked-by-handles-and-other-crap all-around light, but haven't timed battery life or tried hoisting it (hard to do with the mast down in the garage. :-)) From a strictly legal standpoint, probably neither meets the mandated standard for visibility (2 miles?), but unless I anchor in the middle of the river or the Chesapeake, it probably doesn't matter for practical purposes. 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" <mazemusic@yahoo.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> 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 <chonshell@ia4u.net> wrote:
Have you checked out the Weams Plath series, Rusty?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rusty Knorr" <mazemusic@yahoo.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> 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
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