Headlights on boats - new trend?

[Will Gilmore]

I think the underwater lights are pretty cool. I wonder if it is disruptive to sealife?

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[jssailem]

There you go again @Will Gilmore thinking about the environment. You know that is not on the mind of a guy powering up 10,000 candlepower lights.

 

[pateco]

I think the underwater lights are pretty cool. I wonder if it is disruptive to sealife?

- Will (Dragonfly)

They look pretty cool around docks, and at anchor, but underway, I think they are useless.

 

[dlochner]

I think the underwater lights are pretty cool. I wonder if it is disruptive to sealife?

- Will (Dragonfly)

My powerboat neighbor has white lights under his transom. The local fish seem to gather there at night.

 

[Allowishish]

My guess is it is the same guy who has the light bar on his lifted truck and runs them during the day so every one can see how Bad A$$ his ride is.

I cannot imagine that with a light bar on at night that you could even see his red and green lights.

 

[Will Gilmore]

I cannot

Now that sounds like a real safety issue that the Coast Guard should be looking at.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Jackdaw]

Now that sounds like a real safety issue that the Coast Guard should be looking at.

- Will (Dragonfly)

You guys have obviously never seen squid boats fish.

 

[Will Gilmore]

You guys have obviously never seen squid boats fish.

Only on TV. Giant squid are my nightmare fish. Scarier even than orca. Turn the lights out when out there mid-ocean.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[MrBill_FLL]

Headlights are nothing new.
magnum marine installed them on their go fasts, that the uscg and police boats used in the 70's to guard Nixon's retreat on Key Biscayne.

LED's are new, and cheap, and don't use amps, so.... everyone wants them.

http://magnummarine.com/project/military/magnum-27-police/

 

[MrBill_FLL]

My powerboat neighbor has white lights under his transom. The local fish seem to gather there at night.

Shrimp too! good for night fishing on the reef. but running, nah

 

[jssailem]

Just for you @Will Gilmore .
The Giant Puget Sound Squid washed up on the beach in Edmonds, WA

 

[Kermit]

Just for you @Will Gilmore .
The Giant Puget Sound Squid washed up on the beach in Edmonds, WA
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You did NOT just do that to him!!! No Like for you!

 

[jssailem]

What.... I have a search engine and pictures. It is like a gift from God... It would be a sin not to share.

 

[Will Gilmore]

Although, I have a terrible fear of giant squid when I imagine myself trying to complete the AiT or even crossing in Dragonfly, I do love to eat calamari and dead squid are normally no threat. I'm actually the first person I knew who ate squid. We used boxes of food grade squid as bait on our party boats. I cut one open, cleaned out the guts and threw it on the gallery griddle to see how it tasted. I thought it tasted like mushrooms, no one else would believe me or try it. Back then, the word calamari was not in the American gourmet vocabulary.

I'm honored that someone is even thinking about me, so thank you, JS. And thank you Kermit, for coming to my defense. That means a lot to me.

Here's a little video for both of your enjoyment:

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Kermit]

Here's a little video for both of your enjoyment:

Dang. I’ll never be able to eat mermaid again. Dang.