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JohnP
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Initially Posted - 07/25/2011 :  09:18:27  Show Profile
Last week was a beautiful full moon, and I headed out for a night sail because a 10-15kt S breeze was forecast on the Chesapeake Bay.

It was a blast sailing across the bay on a SE course close-hauled in 3-4 ft seas under a rising full moon on a hot July night. The spray hit me in the face a few times and felt just great. The bow was riding up and crashing through wave after wave. When I tacked under the Bay bridge after midnight and turned back to the NW on a broad reach to get to an anchorage, I noticed that the running lights were out.

The anchor locker drain seemed to work like a hose nozzle in the big chop and sprayed the anchor and rode along with my duct tape-covered wiring in the anchor locker. The fuse was blown in the switch panel. I had not imagined that failure mode!

I sailed NW into the Magothy River following another sailboat at 2am and made it safely to the anchorage at Dobbins Island. I had my million candle spotlight ready to light up the sails in case of oncoming boats. There was no other traffic, luckily.

Lesson learned: Treat all wiring connections as if they will save your life, and crimp or solder and then cover with heat-shrink appropriately. I'll fix it soon.

Options: I have an emergency battery powered steaming light and an emergency battery powered anchor light, but no red/green bow light like that. Need to make one.

I can also imagine putting a little flapper cover on the anchor locker drain tube to prevent reverse flow in big chop.

But that night sail with a full moon was worth it, though!

Happy sailing!
JohnP
1978 C25 SR/FK "Gypsy"
Mill Creek off the Magothy River, Chesapeake Bay
Port Captain, northern Chesapeake Bay
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redeye
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Response Posted - 07/25/2011 :  10:15:09  Show Profile
Sweet...

<< but no red/green bow light Need to make one. >>

Need to buy one.

We've kept them for years. WM sells a clamp on model, just don't keep the batteries in them. It would not hold when clamped on the bow, so we would use duct tape and the clamp. Better than nothing. I keep one on the powerboat, which I've yet to rewire. That boat has brown 120 house wire on it and it is OLD.

<< then cover with heat-shrink >>

Or you can use the paint on, it works pretty easy in tight spots.

Or run uninterrupted wire to the fixture....
Edited by - redeye on 07/25/2011 10:33:34
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 07/25/2011 :  14:01:17  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
That's wild John, who'da thought?
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 07/25/2011 :  19:06:49  Show Profile
At least you know your drain isn't clogged.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 07/26/2011 :  07:52:37  Show Profile
That musta been really cool.... night sailing in those conditions.
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