Blinded by the stern light of your own boat? Or is it mostly hidden by your blind, brush, grass and basically useless as your required 2 mile navigational light?
A bright white "at anchor" light, also is a great bug attractor. (not a good thing unless you like eating bugs)
I got tired of dealing with these issues years ago and made a change for the better. Just recently I needed to make a new one, so I thought I would share the process.
I have had nothing but positive comments from DNR enforcement when they see what I have done. One officer, (they were checking all the hunters coming in that evening), said " You were the only boat with clearly, visible and working navigations lights.
Anyway, here is what I have done.
View attachment sternlight-A.jpg
Now this is where you have to take your brand new 40.00 dollar LED stern light, and destroy it. [huh] [huh]
Cutting it apart, removing a portion of it, extending the wires and putting it all back together again.
View attachment sternlight-B.jpg
View attachment sternlight-C.jpg
View attachment sternlight-D.jpg
Hope this has been of some interest to someone.
A bright white "at anchor" light, also is a great bug attractor. (not a good thing unless you like eating bugs)
I got tired of dealing with these issues years ago and made a change for the better. Just recently I needed to make a new one, so I thought I would share the process.
I have had nothing but positive comments from DNR enforcement when they see what I have done. One officer, (they were checking all the hunters coming in that evening), said " You were the only boat with clearly, visible and working navigations lights.
Anyway, here is what I have done.
View attachment sternlight-A.jpg
Now this is where you have to take your brand new 40.00 dollar LED stern light, and destroy it. [huh] [huh]
Cutting it apart, removing a portion of it, extending the wires and putting it all back together again.
View attachment sternlight-B.jpg
View attachment sternlight-C.jpg
View attachment sternlight-D.jpg
Hope this has been of some interest to someone.