On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:31:37 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

Jere,
I have brought back a couple of LED clusters to replace the
incandescent bulbs at the masthead. If they are not any good I can
always change back to the ordinary bulbs. I hope to reduce the drain
whilst sailing and anchoring.

cheers
Peter



I mostly agree, but see a place for LED as the usual lights, mostly
because they work in the usual world: They're as bright as the
incadescents, blow out less often (!), and draw little enough that I'll
be putting on brighter lights than required for our size.

Still, having a monster strobe at the top of the mast sounds useful for
*emergency* signalling, along with the super-bright spotlight that is
out of the weather, but can be pulled out and plugged in without
leaving the cockpit. The horn and flares are in that same bin.