Anchor lights

[wonkywinch]

For centuries - oil lamps were standard inside and outside .....

They were indeed.

 

[GHA]

I liked Tom Cunliffe's video where he restores an old oil lamp but not sure I'd be happy leaving a molotov cocktail suspended above my bunk all night.

Put some LEDs in it & it will do a far better job of being an anchor light & still look like an antique from yesteryear. Connect to your solar regulator load terminals & will turn itself on & off as well. Victron solar regs anyway, probably most mppt's.

 

[Refueler]

Put some LEDs in it & it will do a far better job of being an anchor light & still look like an antique from yesteryear. Connect to your solar regulator load terminals & will turn itself on & off as well. Victron solar regs anyway, probably most mppt's.

Even my cheapo Solar regulator has extra provision to power lights etc.

 

[geem]

Put some LEDs in it & it will do a far better job of being an anchor light & still look like an antique from yesteryear. Connect to your solar regulator load terminals & will turn itself on & off as well. Victron solar regs anyway, probably most mppt's.

I have my masthead anchor light and low level anchor light wired in to the Victron MPPT. Its great being able to set the switching voltage so you can have the light switch on exactly when you want it and off again, all automatically

 

[ylop]

Well never mind the lights . I'm in Portland with 7 other boats. Only myself and a Dutch man have anchor balls raised.

Are you anchored in a recognised anchorage (eg marked on a chart)? Are they away for the fairway? Is there any reason to be confused about whether they are anchored?

 

[GHA]

Well never mind the lights . I'm in Portland with 7 other boats. Only myself and a Dutch man have anchor balls raised.

IMHO it's reassuring to see an anchor cone raised soon after a hook is down. Make's you (me anyway) think there's a good chance they give a sh&! and might well actually know what they are doing. No ball up, jump in the dinghy ashore minutes after arriving... could well be a charter boat, take care & be aware, much more so if the boat is to windward...........

(halo radar on opencpn is great for keeping an eye on things in between ytubes on the laptop down below, put a waypoint with range rings to guess where the hook is on each boat & check if they stay in roughly the same place )

 

[sv_telemachus]

I absolutely understand the importance of nice bright navigation lights and have no desire at all to be run down and sunk. However, a couple of weeks ago we were anchored up by the saltstone in the Salcombe estuary (ria sounds too pretentious) and the masthead light of the boat behind was so bright and transfixing in the otherwise dark anchorage that it quite spoilt the evening

Etiquette question: I am planning some Iberian / Caribbean cruising and was hoping to use both the masthead anchor light plus this LED low-amp deck light.

Would this be too bright/annoying to others in the anchorage? (Turns out a PAR36 bulb is used for both deck lights and aircraft landing lights!)

 

[geem]

Etiquette question: I am planning some Iberian / Caribbean cruising and was hoping to use both the masthead anchor light plus this LED low-amp deck light.

Would this be too bright/annoying to others in the anchorage? (Turns out a PAR36 bulb is used for both deck lights and aircraft landing lights!)

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Hope you have a big battery to run a 50w bulb. My deck level anchor lights use 8w and is just as bright

 

[sv_telemachus]

Hope you have a big battery to run a 50w bulb. My deck level anchor lights use 8w and is just as bright

10W or 0.8amps 12V

PAR 36 Sealed-Beam LED Replacement Lamp: Waterproof

 

[geem]

10W or 0.8amps 12V

PAR 36 Sealed-Beam LED Replacement Lamp: Waterproof

So it's the size that is common, not the output. The runway lights are powerful and expensive

 

[vyv_cox]

IMHO it's reassuring to see an anchor cone raised soon after a hook is down. Make's you (me anyway) think there's a good chance they give a sh&! and might well actually know what they are doing. No ball up, jump in the dinghy ashore minutes after arriving... could well be a charter boat, take care & be aware, much more so if the boat is to windward...........

(halo radar on opencpn is great for keeping an eye on things in between ytubes on the laptop down below, put a waypoint with range rings to guess where the hook is on each boat & check if they stay in roughly the same place )

A man I spoke to in Greece, who appeared to be experienced and knowledgeable, told me that a ball in the forward part of the rig signified that the engine had broken down.

In UK we are well educated by courses and magazines. This is not always the case elsewhere.

 

[GHA]

A man I spoke to in Greece, who appeared to be experienced and knowledgeable, told me that a ball in the forward part of the rig signified that the engine had broken down.

In UK we are well educated by courses and magazines. This is not always the case elsewhere.

The ball goes up for the other cruisers to see and for the policia maritima to hopefully show I'm at least making an effort & one more thing in your favour should something bad happen & someone wants to get money by blaming you..(that's quite a big part of it)
A bit like spending a couple euros on a non worn out courtesy flag today. Just hopefully pushing the odds a little more in your favour...
Some bloke not in the anchorage hasn't really come into it....

 

[ylop]

IMHO it's reassuring to see an anchor cone raised soon after a hook is down.

a what?

 

[GHA]

a what?

so obviously a typo, you really can't figure that out all on your own?

 

[Gsailor]

Etiquette question: I am planning some Iberian / Caribbean cruising and was hoping to use both the masthead anchor light plus this LED low-amp deck light.

Would this be too bright/annoying to others in the anchorage? (Turns out a PAR36 bulb is used for both deck lights and aircraft landing lights!)

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That looks VERY bright. Will you be able to sleep?

Can’t believe these thread is so long for a common sense piece of equipment.

 

[Gsailor]

That looks VERY bright. Will you be able to sleep?

Can’t believe these thread is so long for a common sense piece of equipment.

 

[Gsailor]

Anyone actually had a bump in the night owing to poor illumination?

(Some people seem to have admitted poor illumination).

 

[ylop]

so obviously a typo, you really can't figure that out all on your own?

Ball and Cone are not characters which are easily confused on a keyboard, so not a typo. I could of course work out that it was just a silly mistake. It’s up to you how you react to having your silly mistakes pointed out.

 

[GHA]

Ball and Cone are not characters which are easily confused on a keyboard, so not a typo. I could of course work out that it was just a silly mistake. It’s up to you how you react to having your silly mistakes pointed out.

Everyone else managed to figure it out without the need to get a little confrontational dig in. If that's what you need to do to get your kicks then that's your business, not interested, there are plenty of interesting things in the universe to get involved with.

 

[Refueler]

Ball and Cone are not characters which are easily confused on a keyboard, so not a typo. I could of course work out that it was just a silly mistake. It’s up to you how you react to having your silly mistakes pointed out.

Did you read rest of the post ... next line he says BALL .... so obviously a silly error ... a slip .... nothing to get up about.