pretty sure theres not any issues with this and is probably pretty advisable if your driving at night. I know on bigger boats they have spot lights mounted on the front that are electronically controlled.

on cray boats they have spotties usally 2, some of them very bright  

It's very difficult to see properly with spots unless they are extremely powerfull as your eyes adjust to as far as the light is effective your eyes will work better in the dark just dont go like a bat out of hell and you'll be fine.



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i got a set of cheapish spoty's on me boat atm, dont use them when driving at night, but they help alot when u are going through chanels and want to see were the markers are, the light bounces straight off them, also use them alot when docking at night. they are realy handy to have

I tend to agree with FF. I had a 500,000 candle power , bridge remote spotty fitted to my targa when I specked the boat at purchase time.

I thought 500,000 CP would have been heaps, but boy, does that get swallowed up easily (ie, light dissapears).

That said, I've used it at night time, positioning it just ahead of the bow for any floating obstacles (useful at low speed only, but why would you fly around at night time anyway (yes, I'm not including the river for obvious nocturnal speed limit reasons)) when going out in the ocean. It's certainly handy for that.

As said, I can operate it by remote control from the helm.

Here's some picks:

Broad shot:

Close Up:

Bridge Helm Remote Panel:

(LHS toggle on/off switch , RHS joy stick)

Colin Molloy

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I've been passed by DOF, Water WAPs and DPI vessels and never been stopped. 

Obviously, you'd want to use them sensibly when navigating in waters with ahead approaching vessels.

Colin Molloy

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thanks for the feedback guys. Looks like a good setup you have there Colin, thanks for posting the pics.

Im thinking it might be a lot of hassel for not much gain (light wise). Might just think about coming in earlier instead of fishing till the sun goes down

We travel a lot in the dark when heading out .I find a diving torch works just fine, As Colin said the light does get swallowed up, take note when leaving which way the Cray ropes will be hanging, if the tide is from the south I need to pass north side of the floats, therefore we only watch the starboard side for floats and rope as they are the one you will snag. If that makes any sense. You only need a small light as it will bounce back off floats from 50m away, giving you plenty of time to go around or slow down.

Paul - yeah good tip on Cray pot ropes/floats - especially at low tide. I don't miss THAT hassle down here at all.

Colin Molloy

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