Boat Lighting Frenzy ... Antibes

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Strangely (or not?) the lenses of the lights don't foul, so the light (or some component of it. UV? I dunno) seems to kill growth. Will observe this some more...

As for the rest of the light you just clean them while swimming or lean over and do it from the bathing platform. Quick wipe with a cloth if done frequently, much worse I suppose if you leave it long enough for barnacles. You can paint them in antifoul but I've resisted that so far because I like to see the polished phosphor bronze bodies
 
LOl .. funnily enough they can/do have transparent anti-foul coating on the lens ... however it only works as well as anti-foul normally does /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif --
BTW - my wife thinks solar cell technology built into gelcoat is the next big winner -- no smiley on that one !
 
Exactly. There is no conflict at all between great entertianing and great engineering. Of course there are boats that are good for entertianing and have lousy engineering, and vv, but it's completely wrong to say that good entertaining means poor engineering.
 
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That is not what I said!. Some boats ARE poorly designed is what I said, there is absolutely no problem with having any extra your heart desires, the problem often comes when you need to service it down the line. If you are building something that has all the toys AND can be maintained relatively easily the you have found the magic formula. It is important though, to have the right balance between functionality and design. The concern I have currently is are we leaning too much towards design/fashion at the expense of functionality, functionality in this case also encompasses safety.
 
Make your mind up, you start by asking what link there is between u/w lights and boating, and then proceed to make a link by suggesting that u/w lights are somehow related to seaworthiness of the boat, or seamanship of the owner /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

FWIW jfm, who has the lights fitted, must be in the top 1% of leisure boat users in terms of hours on the water, and time spent away from the marina, which kind of disproves your already flawed theory.
 
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solar cell technology built into gelcoat

[/ QUOTE ]Sounds smart, but in a context for the worst boat maintenance nightmares, it would be the winner hands down, I suppose.
 
well I can see where your coming from but I have to say your thinking is a little outdated. Compared to 30 years ago a greater proportion of yacht production is produced under far stricter rules and guidelines than ever before. Years ago you could build any ole shed and call it a boat, market it and sell it to anyone who would part with their cash. Now you can't sell anything designed to go to sea without a minimum of a CE certificate and if you want to do charter it has to be MCA coded. In reverse of your statement we are going in the wrong direction v/v safety and functionality I would suggest we are sailing in far better designed vessels than ever before. of course there are exceptions and some awful product out there but in general there are few really badly designed boats.
 
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solar cell technology built into gelcoat

[/ QUOTE ]Sounds smart, but in a context for the worst boat maintenance nightmares, it would be the winner hands down, I suppose.

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.. suffice to say ( and she doesn't lurk here thankfully ) it is one of her better ideas, 'enough said ?
 
Just to add a 'died in the wool' raggie's view to this debate....

While i'd never fit them to my saily boat (a 40' plastic creation), as I think they'd look pretty naff on it, I can completely understand how on a nice big mobo, in crystal clear water, they could be pretty cool, and as mentioned above, would be brilliant for a swim at night.....

So..... we're not all stuck in the past... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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would be brilliant for a swim at night

[/ QUOTE ]Well, if it's just for that purpose, there's the poor man alternative. Tried and tested to give a gorgeous surrealistic effect, way better than onboard u/w lights, which by definition throw the light around (rather than at) the boat, and are disturbing when you look at them.
Take that diving torch you already have. If you don't have it, buy one for good: they're now much cheaper than they used to be, and very useful onboard, regardless of this specific usage. And if you're buying it, take a powerful one - with low consumption leds, you won't run out of batteries anyway.
Secure a small weight at its bottom, and a line at its top, in order to keep it oriented towards the surface. Turn it on, throw it overboard astern and secure the line to a cleat.
A depth of 20' or so give the best result in my experience, with a very soft and unobtrusive lighting, but you might wish to experiment a bit.
 
That would be very bling Mapis. And would mean that your boat isn't well engineered and doesn't have good access to pumps and things for maintenance later in its life. :-)
 
That's what the torch is there for, in the first place.
Finding pumps and stuff in unpredictable corners of the boat... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I wouldn't have them on my boat of course (unless Lumishore gave me a very special deal to be their Majorca show boat of course) but I can see 2 very practical uses. SWMBO and I occasionally partake in late night skinny dipping whilst at anchor so u/w lights would be v useful for checking that no nasties like great white sharks and small jellyfish lurking in water. Second it would be much easier to check that holding tank discharging as normal at night. So not bling bling at all but rather essential for the practical motorboater
 
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