All round white light at anchor in a 4.2m
Submitted by WODF on Thu, 2010-04-08 12:02
Trying to do the right thing by installing some kind of all round white light when night fishing at anchor and could use some help. Is a product like this suitable for a 4.2m dinghy?
http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?cat=123&item=53842&intAbsolutePage=1
What would others suggest?
Cheers.
wopjrb
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i just leave me nav lights on
got a white light but its only small - dont go for a led or disposable battery powered job
fisherking
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Why not LED?
Why not LED?
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
till
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No good reason not to go
No good reason not to go LED.
That said there are some pissant LEDs around, so make sure you get one with decent light output.
Better advice would be not to buy a crappy light.
southcity104
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That light is fine
As long as its on the highest point of the vessel
"Its a life style job"
Big Fella fishn
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Fluero
I use a 8watt fluorescent work light. $12.00 from supercheap auto's. Either plug into cigarette lighter or has Aligator/dog clips to connect to battery. Uses bugger all battery power, also has eight meter lead so i can use it as a general light or sometimes tape it to the motor or tape it to a pole (fishing rod) when travelling and put in the rod holder. Cheap alternative, not very classy but does the job well.
Bluebonefamily
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The white anchor light needs
The white anchor light needs to be the highest point on your vessel at night. Our suggestion would be to get the largest most practicle light for your boat and put it on a long pole. Dingys are very difficult to see at night especially when heading in against the lights of the land. The more lights the better
The other thing that helps is if the people in the dingy are wearing a refelctive fluro jacket either life jacket or work jacket with reflective tape.
We have been out a few times at night in Cockburn Sound and have the nav,anchor and stern lights going. We usually have the cabin lights on too when at anchor. Hopefully the people around can see our position and not run into us.
We have had unlit dingys follow us into the woodman point boat ramp at night they were lucky we saw them against the reflection in the water as we drove past.
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Carry
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lights
I use a solar powered garden light on my tinnie and when they rust out i get another one also i have reflective tape down the sides and back of it as well it seems to do ok but im up north so not as much background lights or marine traffic ,well not where i fish anyway.
We feel nothing but a certain difficulty in continuing to stand
Billcollector
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You can get a white light on
You can get a white light on a short pole that is portable and just slots in to a flush fitting that you can mount anywhere check out whitworths or bla
fisho-ron
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wodf i have a 6.5 mtr boat
wodf
i have a 6.5 mtr boat and it dose not have an anchor light, i have been using the exact same one you are looking at, i just tape it to my rocket launcher.
i have used it 3 times overnight and it is staring to dim now(need new batt)
but i am going to wire one in permatly as it is a pain when you are out there and its flat.
also in another post i mentioned that i was prawning at night with a jenny running,..2x150watt floodlights, my cabin light and deck lights where on so as you can imagine the boat was lit up preety well....
the boys in blue come over to me and asked me to turn my 5watt anchor light on..i just about fell over.....rulse are rules hey!
the one you are looking at will work fine on a pole, just remember to have spare batt.
cheers
carnarvonite
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Strobe
If you can source one,a marine strobe light is the way to go.Have seen them as masthead lights on yachts and with them flashing on and off catch your eye from a great distance,more so than a fixed white light.From what I can gather they draw minimal power and are as tough as guts.
Georgejungle
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Bluebone family you are not
Bluebone family you are not supposed to have nav lights on when at anchor another boat may see your red or green and alter course assuming you are under way and may run into .I understand your theory of the more lights the better but just not your red and green .Cheers george
Bluebonefamily
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Thanks for the info George,
Thanks for the info George, yes we only have our nav and stern lights on when underway and anchor stern and cabin lights on whilst at anchor.(my previous post was a bit confusing)
But basicly the more lights on a boat the easier it is to see at night whatever the size.
Around D9 in Cockburn Sound there can be more than 10-12 boats of all sizes cruising around or at anchor in a small area and it becomes more difficult if some of the boats are unlit.
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WODF
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Thanks all.
Still unsure what I'm going to do but thinking about it now, a low mounted light would be impeded by bodies on the boat (therefore not complying with rules and regs) and would restrict vision so probably not the best option. I've been looking at a couple the telescopic LED ones from Whitworths that extend out to 1.5m which seem ideal but they would need a separate battery?
http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?cat=123&item=54141&intAbsolutePage=1
Thanks again.
Faulkner Family
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why not just mount a tilly
why not just mount a tilly lamp on top of a pole. would serve 2 purposes, 1/ as an anchor light and 2 / it will give off enough light to see what your doing out there
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