I'm faced with a similar dilemma on my 16 ft Carolina Skiff. The bow lights
are obscured by my trolling motor mount. I bought a clamp on red/green,
battery operated, ( I'm sure they have it in all-white, too ) at West
Marine.. I will clamp it on my boat hook, which sits upright in a fishing
rod holder when putt -putting back in from fishing after the sun goes down.
It is legal up to 7 mph, which is all I go when returning in the dark. RichG
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RichG manager, Carolina Skiff Owners Group on MSN
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners


"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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I have an aluminum skiff ("cartopper") that I want to run at night, so I
need to put some nav lights on it. the front is no problem: deck-mount
red/green on the little "deck" at the bow. But the stern light...

It's supposed to be white, visible 360 degrees. But that would mean a VERY
tall pole, that would get in the way were I ever to catch a fish! So what
do you guys do on inflatables, Whalers, etc. with nav lights? Removable
pole? Fold-down? Short one and live with the visibility problems?

Lloyd Sumpter
"The Tin Boat" Mirrocraft 12