My radar pole is mounted on the transome. I noticed that someone had installed his speaker just below the radar dome and it included an LED light for night time use. So I think this would be a good place.
The light on the spreaders - On my C36 it is mounted on the mast at about spreader level. I think this is a better place. If you can find an MKII in your area you can see what I am referring to.

Not overly familiar with MkI mast lights... I assume that there is no deck light in the steaming light fixture at the mid-point front of the mast? If not, why not install a Steaming/Deck light combo unit like the MkII's have? Or is this for supplemental deck lighting from the spreader?

We've found that the light from combo steaming light is more than enough and have felt no need for additional spreader lights. Save yourself a lot of work and wiring.

When I upgraded the vhf to the Standard Horizon 2150 with AIS, the PA hailer capability was built-in, just connect the horn on the mast. That's easy enough. I installed a hailer using the steaming/deck light mast penetration and pvc tubing. It was difficult capturing the duplex wire in the pvc tubing once I snaked the wire up the mast. Eventually I had the cable in hand and selected a flat spot on the mast to mount the horn. When the horn was installed I found that a flat spot on the mast close to the steaming light also interfered with the aft lower. The horn was redirected to starboard when the shroud was connected. Not as simple as I expected.

John & Kathy

Am I the only one who thinks hailers on boats are a bad idea?

I remember when most power boats had them. Annoying!

[quote=gforaker;13393]Am I the only one who thinks hailers on boats are a bad idea?

I remember when most power boats had them. Annoying![/quote]

+1 for me. Never needed one so far. Have the marriage savers for anchoring duty and they work like a charm.

You're right about annoying, there's a TSW lock about 2 miles from where we live, we can hear the lockmaster on his horn and the power boaters on theirs barking back and forth. And that's through solid bush for half that distance! It's a loud and getting louder world.

Hello all,

The previous owner of our boat had installed spreader lights pointing straight down about mid-spreader. They are riveted in place. The wire enters the spreader at the level of the light fixture and exits on the under side close to the mast. Unfortunately ours are incandescent par 36 tractor lights and are serious power hogs. I plan to replace the bulbs with an LED equivalent.

These light up the deck like the light of day. They perform better than and are complimenary to the combo nav light/deck light on the foreward edge of the mast. I have found that the spreader lights have come in handy when buttoning up on those really dark nights.

Good luck with it!

John

The motivation to install the hailer was the built-in automatic fog horn signals on the Standard Horizon 2150 VHF.