Great Product for fog light option

RogerJuntunen · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:34 pm Post subject: lights at night

Hi C-Brats, and a quick story. I guy and I were talking about boats recently and he said the Coast Guard academy used to teach this---"when all three lights I see ahead, I turn to starboard and show my red, green to green, red to red, Perfect safety go ahead. I don't know if this is true or how long ago it was, but I enjoyed the story and the character I was talking to.

We hope to do some serious cruising this spring and summer, but I can't make real plans until I get my lighthouse dates for Stuart Island. We hope to see you all and safe travels. A bit of good water news. We are loaded with snow in Idaho, and may be even able to do a aquifer recharge this spring. We have over ten feet at the local ski resort so look out Columbia- in three months, here it comes! Roger

capt. meares · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:27 pm Post subject:

I just added two new photos of the light in my album. I made the error of calling this a "fog light". Did not intend to confuse anyone. Whatever the correct word may be, fog light, search light, spot light, What have you....I have a VERY bright LED light. Without getting too scientific and carried away with geometrical angles and formulas, I will again say, after many experiments in the dark, through trial and error I have got this particular light adjusted to the one perfect spot that has nearly no glare or back flash from any of the many shiny objects in front of it. The top cross bar on the bow rail makes a shadow about 50 yards out. This same bar is the only thing that the beam slightly hits on the way out, and even then very minimal.

Among the many reasons I placed this light in this location, one is because I really like how it will be out of the weather and not in the way of anything.

I don't plan on blinding other boaters, but there likely could be times where it will be needed. A friend of mine in the past was locked outside the Tillamook Bar and had to wait until tide change before the Coast Guard would open it back up. By this time it was dark. He had radar, but no lights. Even with radar, I still do not want to ever have to do this in the dark, as he did.

Brewkid · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:54 pm Post subject:

Well, apparently opinions very, but I like it! Thanks for taking the time to upload the pictures.

thataway · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:03 pm Post subject:

hardee · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:08 pm Post subject:

Capt Meares,

Thanks for adding the photos. Looks like a good job. I agree that there are times when a light like that could come in handy. I wouldn't be running with it on all the time, but there are times.

BTW, I like your T-Shirt in the B-Day photo, too.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon