[Rhodes22-list] Why Spreader Lights?
Roger Pihlaja
cen09402 at centurytel.net
Thu Apr 1 16:20:17 EST 2004
Jim,
Why do you want spreader lights? Anything that bright at night attracts
bugs like mad. They absolutely wipe out your night vision. so you can't
safely use them unless you are stopped. Plus, spreader lights are real
power hungry.
When we have to go forward to work on the foredeck, we either carry a
flashlight or wear a headlight. My favorite headlight is the Black Diamond
Moonlight, available in high end camping stores for about $35. This unit
uses several high power blue-white LED's. The burn time on 3 AAA alkaline
batteries is several hundred hours. The rated lifetime of the sealed LED
unit is 100000+ hours of operation & the unit is sealed with a membrane
push-button on/off switch for marine use. The batteries live in an O-ring
sealed compartment on the back of your head. One reason I prefer the
Moonlight over competing LED headlights is because the batteries are housed
in a separate compartment from the LED unit on the front & back of the head.
The Moonlight is incredibly lightweight & perfectly balanced on your head.
You hardly even notice you are wearing it & it can be worn for hours at a
time without discomfort. The Moonlight is also really handy working on your
car &/or around the house.
When we need to reach out & touch someone or locate a buoy with a high
powered light, we carry an Optronics QR2000, handheld, rechargable
spotlight. This unit has a 2,000,000 candlepower xenon lamp with a
parabolic reflector. The tightly focused beam doesn't ruin your night
vision as long as you don't shine it on something nearby. Naturally, at
close range, it's quite blinding! The unit can either be run off ship's 12
VDC power thru a power cord &/or the built-in sealed lead/acid battery.
It's completely sealed & rubber armored for marine use. This unit is also
really nice for shining deer!
Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >From: Jim White <jdwhite at panam.edu>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] (was politics) A View From Texas
> >Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:34:59 -0600
> >
> >
> > Yikes Ya'll
> > How did this become such a fierce issue? I couldn't even get any
> > advice from you guys about wire routing for my spreader lights!
> > Finally decided to drill a couple of #21 holes in the mast P/S side
> > and take the wires from there, plug up the holes with good ol'
> > silly-cone, ran another hot wire off of my bus and added a fuse
> > protected rocker switch.....any gripes about that?
> > Now, on to the main issue. GW is of course from Texas, so because
most
> > of ya'll have preconceived notions 'bout how we Texans are (I think
> > that's called stereotyping); you'd guess we'd to the man defend him.
> > We'll I for one have my problems with the guy. Don't get me wrong,
I'm
> > far from liberal...in fact I might be characterized as to the right
of
> > Atilla the Hun. But, our foreign policy is a mess, and domestic
> > matters maybe even worse. Spending is out of control. They're giving
> > away billions of yours, mine and Stans dinero to placate the rest of
> > the world.
> > I live a mere 10 miles from the US Mexico Border (shorter in a
> > straight line)...(and yes, Rummy there is a Mt. Gay Rum god....I buy
> > it 'cross the border for $6.50/liter), and border crossing is a joke.
> > While legitimate travelers are subject to high pressure bureaucracy,
> > in the brush just down river illegal aliens are streaming into the
> > good ol' US at an alarming rate...including the orts and leavings of
> > every nefarious third world country. Our local domestic shrimp
> > industry is in chaos because special interest protects the dumping of
> > tons of foreign farm raised product on the market, things that I
> > thought our federal government was supposed to protect us from. Farms
> > are closing down at a record rate, because NAFTA has allowed cheap
> > produce to flood the domestic market. I can't even fly out without
> > taking off my shoes and proving that I have no fireworks in my soles!
> > ...And whose fault is this? Is it GW's, Clinton, George Sr., Ronald
> > Reagan? Jimmy Carter? ad infinitum? No, these problems have been a
> > long time in the making, and are finally culminating like an ugly
> > blackhead on the end of our collective noses. IT'S OUR FAULT. While
> > the ship moved forward, we depended on each other to mind the rudder,
> > while in actuality, NO ONE WAS THERE! We let the special interests,
> > the Washington elected and others in high places (including the
media)
> > get by without accountability. We didn't bother to see the rocks
that
> > lay ahead, or even check the radar.
> > And now it's up to us to collectively work together to get this big
> > old boat back on course. I think we all know what we have to do. We
> > are a diverse nation, and we proudly celebrate that fact. But do we
> > celebrate our unity as well? Our will to work together for the common
> > good?
> > Yea, I'm from Texas, and sometimes this place seems like more of a
> > nation than a state, but I also can see what's going on in the rest
of
> > this great country and am more worried than I've ever been, I don't
> > want to lose any more freedom, liberty or prosperity because I
> > neglected the rudder.
> > Sorry for the diatribe.
> > Jim White
> > BTW A proud Vietnam Vet....
> > At 02:45 PM 04/01/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > Steve,
> > Japan attacked the US, Iraq did not. How you can compare the two
> > shows a real lack of understanding of both history and current
> > world events.
> > By the way, NC had a "cowboy Republican" for too many years,
> > luckily Jesse Helms decided to retire.
> > Wally
> >
> > From: Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > To: stan <stan at rhodes22.com>,The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004
> > 11:16:42 -0800 (PST)
> > Good thing Bush lower you taxes to make up for all the
> > State tax increases, Stan. Maybe you need to try to
> > get more Rupublican voted into office there in NC and
> > you would not have those problem. Maybe you have a
> > wild NC rebulican cowboy that could help you out:-) I
> > find it interesting that a business owner would hold
> > the view that you do, Stan. I work for the government
> > and see that your analysis is off. No offence but I
> > call them like they analyze out to be. As for our
> > solders, they signed up to fight; on their own free
> > will. Surenly you don't think that the militery
> > paycheck is jsut the same as a welfare check. Also,
> > the only reason that we all can sit here & voice our
> > opinions freely is the fact that we have militery
> > Bases all over the world with solders on ready to
> > fight to protect this country. That what keep this
> > country free; we fight to keep it that way. Talking
> > does no good.
> > Steve
> > PS - No offence Stan. Just my opinion. BTW: I had
> > relative that died in WWII so that you all don't have
> > to speak Japanese. Maybe we should have jsut raised
> > the white flag then, we wouldn't have to worry about
> > Irag today - Would have been an Japan problem:-)
> > --- stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
> > > sorry - I can't resist
> > >
> > > As usual both sides score points but I am old enough
> > > to remember that when
> > > Clinton did his military thing the republicans were
> > > screaming for his head
> > > for trying to help the oppressed Muslims, even
> > > though he did not lose
> > > American lives in the process. Imagine if this were
> > > Clinton's war - they
> > > would have hired a hit squad to stop him. This time
> > > it's a republican
> > > trying to help Muslims and it is the second coming.
> > >
> > > I would not pick on Geraldo for trying to tell us
> > > some good news - while he
> > > is more liberal than his Foxy brothers he does eat
> > > at the pleasure of those
> > > network divisions of the Murdock/General Electric
> > > giants. I would,
> > > however, pick on our media mouthpieces for not
> > > picking on leaders who plowed
> > > us into a venture where the facts have proven these
> > > strategist failed their
> > > pre-attack homework. It may be comforting to cry
> > > over the dead but it is
> > > sickening to see the thousands upon thousands who
> > > come back to us breathing
> > > but leaving so many of their good parts over there.
> > > As has been posted on
> > > these pages, face the facts. It is easy to be
> > > satisfied with this just cause
> > > when fighting the computer wars. But would it still
> > > be a just cause if you
> > > knew you were going to be among those thousands of
> > > irreversibly altered
> > > returning bodies - or would you too be switching to,
> > > hell no, we won't go.
> > > If you think this cause worth gambling even part of
> > > you and willing to put
> > > up and follow a wild ersatz Texas cowboy, I respect
> > > you and will shut up.
> > > But I won't be in back of you for this one.
> > >
> > > As long as the economy was put on the electronic
> > > table I assume by now you
> > > all know that the tax cuts were not tax cuts but
> > > simply redistribution of
> > > wealth. The savings of my guys has long since been
> > > more than eaten up by
> > > non-progressive increases in gas prices, sales
> > > taxes, state income taxes,
> > > real estate taxes, tuition increases (which is
> > > really the longest lasting
> > > and most detrimental to the health of this country -
> > > read Brokaws The
> > > Greatest Generation, tax increases) and endless food
> > > and commodity price
> > > increases. We have raised the price of a Rhodes one
> > > thousand dollars and
> > > that still does not make up for the increases in
> > > steel, and resin and
> > > aluminum and plywood - even with our throwing our
> > > two social security checks
> > > into the pot. I think those who were having
> > > difficulty connecting the dots
> > > to our leader's vision of our future, are beginning
> > > to see the picture. One
> > > of my nightmare visions are the fathers of a
> > > balanced budget taking the
> > > national debt to infinity: Foreigners pulling out
> > > of bonds, interest rates
> > > skyrocketing, the housing starts plummeting and
> > > worse, the record number of
> > > credit card carrying Americans suddenly having a
> > > monthly interest burden
> > > that will burry them - if they could afford a
> > > funeral. As one pundit put
> > > it, Bush had campaigned to bring us together and he
> > > is finally succeeding.
> > > I think we already have enough Slims out there to
> > > put him out to pasture.
> > >
> > > stan/gbi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:01 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics Geraldo Rivera
> > > reports
> > >
> > >
> > > > Interesting Ed.
> > > > I have always thought that Fox was well balanced
> > > for
> > > > new. ABC, CBS & NBC are all liberal networks. Or
> > > at
> > > > least, I think so. I also think we are doing a
> > > good
> > > > job over there. In the good old days, helping
> > > poor
> > > > abused people to achive freedom was a liberal
> > > cause.
> > > > But Clinton did not think to help those people so
> > > now
> > > > the dems. have to opose it. At least we are
> > > helping
> > > > them. That whats important.
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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