would anyone know what the original mast head light was on a 1977 27ft hunter. I'm going to rent a lift and I want to have the correct light before I go up. I also want to make sure everything is in working order up there. Thanks
mast head light
- Thread starter shadowthecat
- Start date
- Status
I don't remember what was on mine but just about every mast light will work. You don't have to have a lift. A bosuns chair will work.
My 1990 H27 has Aquasignal Series 25 lights, but rhythmsurfer is right, you can find lots of lights that will work, and if you don't have a bosuns chair, you can get a rock climbing harness from REI or EMS for much less $, they aren't quite as comfortable to sit in for long periods of time, but are equally safe, if not more so, depending on the bosuns chair you are looking at.
bosuns chair
Okay I'll give the bosuns chair a try but having never tried it which is safer in a slip or up on jacks. Its currently on jacks but I can wait and do it after I launch
Regardless of which way you decide to do it, be sure that you have an additional halyard attached in case of a failure.
Skinny people can use the bosun's chair. Heavy people rent a lift. zip code-esk people purchase their own lifts to use all the time, anytime they need their feet off the ground. I have three of them. Frightened to death of ladders. My vote, lift. I do things on a lift I could never do any other way. It also gives you time to really do a job right, with the tools you need at hand.
I think two teams are safest. Make sure you tie your main halyard free end with a Bowline in case your shackle slips/breaks. Use your main as a primary and spinnaker halyard as a safety. I'll loop the safety under my arms in the event the harness/chair breaks/tears and secure it with a owline.
Team 1: One crew on the main wench while a second belays around a stern cleat.
Team 2: One crew on a jib wench while a second belays on a cleat.
I have mast light problems, too, on a '93 Hunter 27but I've noted there are wiring tears and fraying at the deck connectors. I'm going to have to search for the connectors, I'm afraid, if cleaning the connectors and taping them doesn't work.
West Marine carries a 4 pin connector that is a good replacment for the original fitting.
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...toreNum=10109&subdeptNum=10611&classNum=10615
I used it when i installed my spreader lights last year.
http://sailingit.com/blog/boat-projects/spreader-lights
Don't forget to tie your tools to your belt. I use a small piece of rope and secure the end to the screwdriver,etc with eletrical tape.
Upon closer examination, having worked through a priority list of other things after purchasing the Blue Pearl, I determined the wire was cut/broken at the mast itself with no excess wire able to be pulled through. It is a white wire and separate from a black one.
Curiously, the whilte wire is co-axial. Was yours?
I thought, perhaps, that it's the antennae wire yet my radio works fine at 3 miles.
As a second option, I'll suspend a white beacon light, using the spinnaker halyard, at mid-mast or top-mast since rewiring the mast will have to wait until i take her out for hull painting in a year or so.
Re: LED
I am interested in putting led's on my hunter 33. Especially the mast mounted anchor light since it gets all night use. Any recommendations on type and size of led light. And a place to buy them?
Thanks
I am interested in putting led's on my hunter 33. Especially the mast mounted anchor light since it gets all night use. Any recommendations on type and size of led light. And a place to buy them?
Thanks
- Status