Installing docking lightrs on boat

[kdmiller8251]

Has anyone installed docking lights on their boat?<br />I am looking at installing these<br /><br />

<br /><br />Any ideas on this? Supposedly you need to cut holes in the hull? What kind of protrusion is inside the boat then? How does it look...<br /><br />Any thoughts would be great!<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />tallman

 

[Bondo]

Re: Installing docking lightrs on boat

Hey Kelvin, Have you thought about the remote gimbaled spotlight type of docking light ????<br />I see these, as the lights with all the Plusses, with few Minuses......<br /><br />Who Ever Heard of Headlights on a Boat ????

 

[kdmiller8251]

Re: Installing docking lightrs on boat

Headlights on a boat... LOL...<br />Yeah I hear ya... I have a handheld that works great except when my hand gets tired... I do a lot of river running and I figure these would look pretty neat as well as functional, I just dont have a lot of room on the deck or a good place to mount a deck spotlight. not to mention I hope to increase the resale value...<br /><br />tallman

 

[Kenneth Brown]

Re: Installing docking lightrs on boat

I am going to put a pair of "tractor" lights on my boat. Its not gonna be as pretty as yours but the're gonna work just fine

 

[Bondo]

Re: Installing docking lightrs on boat

The Only lights I've seen like those, Had a plastic "Cup", That bolted on with the light(like in your pic.)..... They intruded in on the cabin, about 5, or 6".....

 

[kdmiller8251]

Re: Installing docking lightrs on boat

Yeah thats what I figured.. I am redoing the cabin so I may be able to make it look semi Pretty inside there, I just am worried about cutting out the holes for mounting the lights.<br /><br />Tallman

 

[Franki]

Re: Installing docking lightrs on boat

I have got a pair of small spotties...<br />and the mechanism for power mirrors for a car..<br /><br />I have set it up on the work bench so that I can control the spotties using the joystick control from the mirrors.. works great and the two lights can be facing in different directions if you like..<br /><br />Now just have to mount them on the boat in a way that looks pretty.<br /><br />Just a thought... I am lazy.. so the less I have to do when out boating,, the better.<br /><br />rgds<br /><br />Franki

 

[lewjayjr1]

Re: Installing docking lightrs on boat

Just remember that running with these docking lights on may get you a citation. Only lights allowed are the front running lights and the rear white light.<br />You can use spotlights but only to identify buoys and then turn them off. You could blind someone coming in the other direction.