OH NO MR. BILL!

[kimelmore]

So I go buy a new steaming light bulb from WM. They don't have a regular bulb but oh look, an LED for only ...wait for it....$52....yup $52 plus tax. Oh well, at least it will be awhile before I have to go back up the mast and replace it. I go back up the mast and slip the "festoon" $52 light bulb into the socket. Call down to the Admiral...Hey turn on the steaming light. She disappears below and as I adjust myself to move back slightly to check the bulb, the harness of the bosun chair brushes the bulb and it launches itself out of the fixture...tink ..tink..plop...and I watched $52 sink out of sight....OH NO MR. BILL....

 

[justsomeguy]

Ouch...bummer!

 

[Ron20324]

It didn't float? I'd get my money back.

 

[woodster]

It didn't float?

hum what makes you think something built like a rock will float ...uh thats a different bulb my bad

 

[kimelmore]

Dear West Marine - how come your LED bulbs don't float?

 

[SFS]

might want to try marinebeam. Lots cheaper than WM, and lots of replacement bulbs. Good help on the 800 number also.

 

[kimelmore]

Without going into too much detail, I am crunched for time and had to take what WM had in stock...ergo I had to settle for an LED bulb.

 

[rgranger]

 

[Boomer54]

Some credit cards offer no excuses replacement/refund I believe.

 

[kimelmore]

I can't blame the loss of the bulb on anyone but myself. I should have put the lens on right away.

 

[kimelmore]

Thanks Ranger. I've already ordered a couple of bulbs tonight. Live and learn right. The boat is over 100 miles away. With my limited time to get the boat ready I found myself visiting WM so I could finish up my mast work. It means that now I have to go up one more time before I sail the boat to my home marina ( a 120 mile jaunt ).

 

[Apex]

Thanks Ranger. I've already ordered a couple of bulbs tonight. Live and learn right. The boat is over 100 miles away. With my limited time to get the boat ready I found myself visiting WM so I could finish up my mast work. It means that now I have to go up one more time before I sail the boat to my home marina ( a 120 mile jaunt ).

it's just the steaming light: Sail the entire way, problem solved! (O: I feel you, i put two halyard shackles in the water on the same weekend.

 

[DaveJ]

Glasses....dropped 2 pair of cheaters into the drink on the same weekend. Not that drink....

 

[kappykaplan]

My boat scared my cell phone out of its holder when first we met, then repeated with the replacement about 6 months later. I'm much better at getting the phone to a safe place as soon as I get to the boat!

 

[woodster]

My boat scared my cell phone out of its holder when first we met, then repeated with the replacement about 6 months later. I'm much better at getting the phone to a safe place as soon as I get to the boat!

Kappy if we live long enough they will devise a way to embed them in our ear lobe so as not to loose them over board

 

[kito]

I am glad you ordered 2 in case this happens again or one is bad Bring em' both up with you.......

 

[Chief RA]

Anyone know where to get a good buy on the 42mm-45mm dimpled festoon used on Catalina 250? Dimpled is the key word here. Chief

 

[capta]

Without going into too much detail, I am crunched for time and had to take what WM had in stock...ergo I had to settle for an LED bulb.

"settle for an LED bulb."???????????????????????????
Most of us want LED bulbs; why don't you?

 

[kito]

Anyone know where to get a good buy on the 42mm-45mm dimpled festoon used on Catalina 250? Dimpled is the key word here. Chief

Marinebeam has a 44mm https://store.marinebeam.com/44mm-festoon-led-navigation-light-dimpled-barrel-end-aqua-signal-type/

 

[Benny17441]

Costly lesson. I have lost a watch, tools, a handheld radio, cell phone and once dropped my wallet so I have slowly learned to be vey careful when working on deck.