[C320-list] Raising navigation lights

[ptormey 4square.net]

After installing davits, I discovered that the stern light was blocked too. Unfortunately, I was on a trip at the time so I bought a headlamp style light and zip tied it on the radar post! 

Later. I cut the wires to the light in the starboard lazarette and patched them into a new stern light mounted on the radar post. Since I already had wires thru to the radar and the post has an external wire run it was easy to pop the wires out the top under the dome to mount the light.

Pat
Pat Tormey
s/v Blues Skies
Newport RI

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Subject: [C320-list] Raising navigation lights

So I carry my dinghy on trips with Weaver davits, and the dinghy partly blocks the stern light. Also, I think the bow light would be more visible if it was raised another foot.

So I'm wondering: Has anyone devised a method for raising the navigation lights?

My first idea is to use Starboard or a similar material and bolt it to the original mounting on the rails, then attach the navigation lights to the top of a Starboard slat about a foot high. But I'm wondering whether someone has devised a more elegant solution.

On a related issue, I would love to replace the untinned wire that now runs through the bow and stern rails for the navigation lights. But I'll be damned if I can get the wire to budge. Any tips?

Jack Brennan
Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
Tierra Verde, Fl.






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