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Can anyone recommend LED navigation lights, not just bulbs?
I don't want to swap LED dimpled festoon bulbs at $25 a pop into my crazed Aqua Signal 25 light housings.
So my default solution is new Aqua Signal 25 lights ($25 a pop), then swapping in the regular (pointed, not dimpled) festoon bulbs for LEDs ($10 a pop).
I just purchased these after Tom suggested them. They are very bright plus they are sealed from the elements. I haven't installed them yet but hooked them up one night and all I can say is WOW. They are not cheap but they are awesome. Worth the money in my opinion.
One suggestion based on what I discovered with my Catalina 22. Be careful with the deck mounted navigation lights unless you have a furler on your jib sail. A hank on jib will block the deck mounted lights when it's collapsed on the deck. I relocated the deck lights to the bow pulpit.
"Lady E" 1986 Catalina 25: Fin Keel, Standard Rig, Inboard M12 Diesel, Sail No. 5339 Sailing out of Norwalk Cove Marina, Connecticut
I just purchased these after Tom suggested them. They are very bright plus they are sealed from the elements. I haven't installed them yet but hooked them up one night and all I can say is WOW. They are not cheap but they are awesome. Worth the money in my opinion.
One suggestion based on what I discovered with my Catalina 22. Be careful with the deck mounted navigation lights unless you have a furler on your jib sail. A hank on jib will block the deck mounted lights when it's collapsed on the deck. I relocated the deck lights to the bow pulpit.
Thank you, Steven. That's a great point that I hadn't considered.
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