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Hi.
EX Sailor from the ’50’s onwards. Mainly single.

Anything sticking out along any coast. If in half civilised areas.
will have a light on it.
“List of Lights”with Alphabet coding to suit. (I used K for Aust)
You should have. and Oceanic currents.
I did a lot in the Atlantic. North and South. Mainly North.
And sailed from Cape Town to Aust West Coast then round,
in the Early ’70’s in a 32 fter.
Single. Then you have NO responsibility for any others that way.

ust reef at night. Using a shaft alternator. Coupla panels and Wind Genny’s you won’t run out of steam.
But I suppose. on one of those lightweight boxes you’ll be concious of weight.
I went 32ft steel 8.5 ton of boat and rig etc. with another ton of fuel and stores.
To hold her down IN the water. By 1 1\2 inches on waterline.
Different style of sailing. But in any decent storm I know where I’d rather be.
Got through 2 x Cyclones so far. And brought up in the North Sea.

We found. Even in the 2000+’s that a 12v Spotlight used for shooting. was around the best.
While we found. Coastal. who needs more than a coupla hundred yards at most.
All on deck all alert. Spin on a dime.
A pencil beam is useless. Spread and broad centre spot is ideal.
The below unit is safer when incorporated with.

You dumb if you don’t have a Sonar unit too, even on a surface bouncer.
There’s a LOT more under the water than above.
Rocks often run out a lot further UNDER the water from Visible coast where you can’t see them.
and a shaft or towing generator keeps juice flowing.

Seriously. You doing that lap. Sonar for under (I’ve clipped 2 x Containers in shipping routes).
With a $2.500AUD Koden Digital Radar along with Shaft/Towing Alt. for night time.

24ish ft up stick will give, with a 24m unit. a good 8NM radii in good weather and 2 to 3 nm on Other Boats. Steel reflections better than Plastic.

That extra $7ish grand. WILL keep you much safer. Coastal and anywhere shallow water abounds.

There is a listing here somewhere. with OUTPUTS,beams and ranging of all to around $10k lights.
These torches mentioned are in bottom 5% if that list. Somebody here should be able to point you.

And. Keep bouncing with fairish weather. hey.