A light below.

Dec 29, 2008
806
Treworgy 65' LOA Custom Steel Pilothouse Staysail Ketch St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Nice job, and beautiful boat.

That motor yacht looks pretty classic as well.

The Admiral and I always marvel at those photos of big yachts with lamps, chairs, wine glasses sitting on tables, etc. Those boats must not sail much!
 
  • Like
Likes: TomY

TomY

Alden Forum Moderator
Jun 22, 2004
2,768
Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
Nice job, and beautiful boat.

That motor yacht looks pretty classic as well.

The Admiral and I always marvel at those photos of big yachts with lamps, chairs, wine glasses sitting on tables, etc. Those boats must not sail much!
Lamps, flower vases, deck chairs, organs,... :)

It was quite an old boat. In fact, I think it came all the way from Canada. The captain of the boat is the third generation to run it for the elderly owner, I was told.

The owner sat contentedly most of the time during 3 days at Mystic Seaport Museum (our boat tied up in the background), next to his,...


...his equally content cat.

 
  • Like
Likes: Leeward Rail
Oct 19, 2017
7,991
O'Day Mariner 19 Littleton, NH
Tom,
I love everything about this project, from the lamp and craftsmanship, the thinking and planning and the inspiration, to both boats involved in it's creation. You have a great aesthetic.

This is why sailing.

-Will (Dragonfly)
 
  • Like
Likes: NotCook

TomY

Alden Forum Moderator
Jun 22, 2004
2,768
Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
Tom,
I love everything about this project, from the lamp and craftsmanship, the thinking and planning and the inspiration, to both boats involved in it's creation. You have a great aesthetic.

This is why sailing.

-Will (Dragonfly)
Thank you, Will. Sailing, boats, life on the water, it's all very inspirational. I've been 'testing' the $10 lamp and very happy with the warm light it puts out on these cool September evenings.

Xmas Fox Island_.jpg
 

TomY

Alden Forum Moderator
Jun 22, 2004
2,768
Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
I put a simpler version together with a short cord and plug to be moved or stored.

A chunk of driftwood with a hole through the center. A short channel in the bottom to run the cord of 16-2 wire. To give it a stable base, a disk or Lexan created with a 4" hole saw is screwed through the bottom into the driftwood(that also captures and secures the 16-2). As with the stones, threaded lamp pipe is epoxied, not bolted(to allow 16-2 to exit base above Lexan).


9-30 6-01 am  driftwood lamp.jpg
Simple, cheap($20?), great light(choose your wattage and color)!
Marine table lamp._.jpg