I would like to move the bow red/green nav lights on my O'day 28. They are two separate lights mounted to the deck. Buying a rail mounted light is no problem, but how will I be able to run the wires to the light in such a way that they don't run across the deck (even for a short distance) and get damaged. I fear that the wires are layed up in the resin. The reason I want to move them is to install an anchor roller and the lights would be blocked by it if I left them in their factory-installed locations. My question(s) is: Are the wires in the resin or do they run along the rub rail or throught the bilge? Is it a huge deal to run them through the deck via the bow pulpit? Any advice or experience will be appreciated and helpful. Mike
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I need to run new wires to the light on the pulpit (it never had freeboard lights so I can't help you with that question). My wiring is run through/under the cabinets up to the anchor locker and are easy to access. However, a friend tried to help and pulled the wires out of the pulpit without drawing a new wire or string through. I have a small hole in the deck under the aft port pulpit plate through which the wire goes up to the pulpit. I'm going to do the following: 1) remove the entire pulpit 2) push some light string in the hole at the top where the new light will mount 3) use a vacuum cleaner to pull the string through the pulpit tubing. 4) use the string to pull the wires through the pulpit 5) rebed the pulpit to the deck. Hope this is simple enough and helps you. Jim
I need to run new wires to the light on the pulpit (it never had freeboard lights so I can't help you with that question). My wiring is run through/under the cabinets up to the anchor locker and are easy to access. However, a friend tried to help and pulled the wires out of the pulpit without drawing a new wire or string through. I have a small hole in the deck under the aft port pulpit plate through which the wire goes up to the pulpit. I'm going to do the following: 1) remove the entire pulpit 2) push some light string in the hole at the top where the new light will mount 3) use a vacuum cleaner to pull the string through the pulpit tubing. 4) use the string to pull the wires through the pulpit 5) rebed the pulpit to the deck. Hope this is simple enough and helps you. Jim
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Mike, the safest, best seen, are tri-color on the mast-head-fly. It is not as hard as folks think, you may borrow a fish from West Marine, or use a loooong tape, but once you get 'em up the mast your worry are over. running to below decks is an easy one, and there are articles on how to do this but once started it will ll fall together.
Mike, the safest, best seen, are tri-color on the mast-head-fly. It is not as hard as folks think, you may borrow a fish from West Marine, or use a loooong tape, but once you get 'em up the mast your worry are over. running to below decks is an easy one, and there are articles on how to do this but once started it will ll fall together.
I disagree (partly) with Capt Ron
that a masthead tricolor is the safest, best-seen nav light. While I agree that this light is best seen by commercial boats and / or on the open sea, most small power boats in enclosed waterways are looking nearer to sea level. If you have the time (and the inclination), both locating your port / starboard lights to the under side of the bow pulpit (when you have the pulpit off, take it to a welding shop and have a bracket installed for mounting the light), and also install the masthead tricolor as recommended by Capt Ron. After all, the purpose of nav lights is to prevent collisions, and the better your are seen, the lower the probability for collision. Steve Alchemist C-320
that a masthead tricolor is the safest, best-seen nav light. While I agree that this light is best seen by commercial boats and / or on the open sea, most small power boats in enclosed waterways are looking nearer to sea level. If you have the time (and the inclination), both locating your port / starboard lights to the under side of the bow pulpit (when you have the pulpit off, take it to a welding shop and have a bracket installed for mounting the light), and also install the masthead tricolor as recommended by Capt Ron. After all, the purpose of nav lights is to prevent collisions, and the better your are seen, the lower the probability for collision. Steve Alchemist C-320
Here is an anchor roller
with a small built in platform for an Anchor Signal red/green light. It was designed for the MacGregor 26X, but perhaps it could be used on the O'Day. http://www.bwyachts.com I can't get the exact catalog page to open, but go to the above site, get into the catalog, and look under convenience and safety.
with a small built in platform for an Anchor Signal red/green light. It was designed for the MacGregor 26X, but perhaps it could be used on the O'Day. http://www.bwyachts.com I can't get the exact catalog page to open, but go to the above site, get into the catalog, and look under convenience and safety.
Lights
What ever you do, be sure the new repositioned lights meet the CG's standards for visability (so many degrees fore and aft).
What ever you do, be sure the new repositioned lights meet the CG's standards for visability (so many degrees fore and aft).
If You Do Use Both
Keep in mind you are only allowed to use one or the other not both at the same time. It is legal to use the one at the bow and a red all around over a green all around on the top of the mast. The red must be one meter above the green with this arraignment.
Keep in mind you are only allowed to use one or the other not both at the same time. It is legal to use the one at the bow and a red all around over a green all around on the top of the mast. The red must be one meter above the green with this arraignment.
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