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DaveC25
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Initially Posted - 03/09/2006 :  08:16:35  Show Profile
Just for you guys information, my hull navigation lights have needed replacement (the sockets really, not the whole assemblies) so I went down to boatersWorld and they had the exact complete replacement lights, housing and everything, ready to bolt to the hull and wire up. So I am replaceing the whole assemblies rather than just the sockets. They now use bolt on sockets rather than snap-in.

Just thought I'd let you guys know. They are called "T-H Marine - Shark Eye Nav Light Set" .... and they were like $40.00 for the pair (one red and one green), and they look EXACTLY like the hull lights on my Catalina 25.

-DaveC25
1979 Catalina 25 "Pretty Penny" #1166
Palm Bay, Florida
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mashedcat
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Response Posted - 03/09/2006 :  09:09:58  Show Profile
Are they legal?
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/09/2006 :  09:38:03  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
If a transom mounted stern light is legal then bow mounted nav lights are as well.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/09/2006 :  11:01:06  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Boaters world is an affiliate by the way -
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DaveC25
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Response Posted - 03/09/2006 :  13:31:45  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by mashedcat</i>
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They're the same ones that Catalina put on the C25 from the factory. At least they appear to be. They say Coast Guard approved.

-DaveC25
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herbertiii
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Response Posted - 03/10/2006 :  17:42:58  Show Profile
I just had my C 25 surveyed for insurance, and the surveyor noted that the running lights should be relocated above the gunwale, as per Coast Guard Regs. Things may well have changed since these boats were built, mine is an '82, so before spending money on replacement lights, check the current CG regs.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/10/2006 :  18:39:35  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
I will bet a dollar that you are grandfathered. Check into it. Steve, you with me?
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 03/10/2006 :  19:29:25  Show Profile
I believe you are, in fact, grandfathered. Grandfathering is a grand thing, but can lead to hassels. Both my 47 Chrysler and my 73 Norton were exempt from inspection and utterly uninspectable. I used to get stopped all the time and have to explain myself.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/11/2006 :  07:30:26  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
I had mine surveyed a year or two ago and the surveyor said they were grandfathered. I did move mine to the pulpit
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/11/2006 :  10:12:05  Show Profile
Just like federally mandated safety changes made in production automobiles over time, aren't the federal requirements for boats, such as installing bow eye nav lights, directed towards the manufacturers and not the consumer?
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/11/2006 :  22:13:56  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
jurisdiction over boats seems to be a gray area to me.
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DaveC25
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Response Posted - 03/13/2006 :  08:14:00  Show Profile
Well, I'm going to install these replacements rather than having useless holes in my hull. Maybe I'll also get a pulpit mounted light in addition so if I'm ever in heavy seas I can turn the pulpit on instead. I can see the safety benefit of having higher mounted lights, but the in-hull lights look much nicer visually.

-DaveC25
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