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peterjaw

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My QS855 has been ready.
Before I can take her out for the first trip, I need to mount a spot light. However, I have a problem here.

It seems I can't mount the spot light on the front center of the roof. The gap between outer and inner wall is so narrow, I can't even fit my finger in. Does anybody have similar experience?

Now I am waiting for a good weather. There is a tropical storm approaching so I have to put off the first voyage until next weekend.

I will post some more pictures of her when on the sea.
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Good question, Petem.

When I picked up the options, I considered my boat as a "car" and a car needs head lights for darkness. That is why
I have a set of spot light in the cabin drawer and the ship yard has all wires ready/deployed except drilling holes.
 
petem said:
Sounds good Peter. Why do you need a spotlight (it's generally regarded as the most pointless item fitted to a boat).
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Good question, petem.

When I picked up options, I considered my boat as my car, and a car needs head lights for darkness.
That is why I have a spot light in the drawer. The ship yard has all wires ready/deployed except drilling holes for me.
 
I suspect you haven’t been out at night on a boat. Unlike a car that uses headlamps, you let your eyes get used to the dark and you rely on very dim lighting to see the compass and the chart or plotter. You certainly don’t use a spot lamp to see where you are going. May I respectfully suggest that you don’t need a spotlight except very occasionally when you are trying to see a mooring buoy you are trying to moor to. Many people manage with a large powerful torch for doing this.

You never see a ship or other boats with spotlights to see their way?

(I’ve tried to answer sensibly as I’m assuming you’re not trolling....)
 
Very nice boat, Peter, however, regarding the spotlight, I totally agree with the other posters that these aren't needed.

In fact, my small 6m boat, similar style to yours, was fitted with a spotlight when I bought the boat three years ago, and I haven't used the light once in all that time!
 
john_morris_uk said:
I suspect you haven’t been out at night on a boat. Unlike a car that uses headlamps, you let your eyes get used to the dark and you rely on very dim lighting to see the compass and the chart or plotter. You certainly don’t use a spot lamp to see where you are going. May I respectfully suggest that you don’t need a spotlight except very occasionally when you are trying to see a mooring buoy you are trying to moor to. Many people manage with a large powerful torch for doing this.

You never see a ship or other boats with spotlights to see their way?

(I’ve tried to answer sensibly as I’m assuming you’re not trolling....)
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Hi John,
You just made a very correct assumption. This is my first boat and I saw most of boats/yachts in the marina have
spot light, so I just follow the majority.

Maybe I will still mount the light even though it will be (probably) useless, otherwise I have nothing to do with
it.

Thank you very much for your advice.
 
peterjaw said:
Hi John,
You just made a very correct assumption. This is my first boat and I saw most of boats/yachts in the marina have
spot light, so I just follow the majority.

Maybe I will still mount the light even though it will be (probably) useless, otherwise I have nothing to do with
it.

Thank you very much for your advice.
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No problem. If there’s a practical training course available in Taipai, please consider taking one.

Driving a boat is very much NOT like driving a car. You also ought to have some ideas about some quick checks to make every time you go to sea.

What engine or engines have you got? Shaft drive or stern drives?

Driving the boat at sea is the easy bit (so long as you don’t hit anything). It’s parking it when you come back in that’s trickier.
 
john_morris_uk said:
No problem. If there’s a practical training course available in Taipai, please consider taking one.

Driving a boat is very much NOT like driving a car. You also ought to have some ideas about some quick checks to make every time you go to sea.

What engine or engines have you got? Shaft drive or stern drives?

Driving the boat at sea is the easy bit (so long as you don’t hit anything). It’s parking it when you come back in that’s trickier.
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The marina provides practical training for newbies like me and it is free. All I need to do is to wait for good weather.

My boat is equipped with single Mercury Verado 300 outboard.
 
peterjaw said:
The marina provides practical training for newbies like me and it is free. All I need to do is to wait for good weather.

My boat is equipped with single Mercury Verado 300 outboard.
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I’m delighted to hear it. You’ll learn all about reversing the helm and bursts of astern to pull the back end of the boat alongside and other good tricks.

Hopefully you’ll have thought about a small outboard on a bracket as an emergency get you home measure if your main engine breaks down.

Enjoy your boat and have lots of great days out on her.
 
I have the Jabsco fitted, one night I turned it on out in the Mersey -it was pointless and did nothing to assist anything really. I have a good torch which is far more effective. Its good for panning around in the marina though !!!
 
Mike k said:
I have the Jabsco fitted, one night I turned it on out in the Mersey -it was pointless and did nothing to assist anything really. I have a good torch which is far more effective. Its good for panning around in the marina though !!!
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Hi Mike,
Would you share which torch do you have? I am considering to buy one. I have several
torches and head lights, but they are all for hiking and mountaineering, not for marine applications.
Thank you for your suggestions.
 
I saw this today and thought of Happy Peter

I also never use my spotlight but everybody’s boating is different. Besides if you’ve already paid for it you might as well fit it. Sorry I can’t you
 
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