[Rhodes22-list] anchor light

[Mary Lou Troy]

Joe,
If it's not going to set you back too much, I'd 
go ahead and get the anchor light unless you 
don't ever expect to be out after dark. On the 
other hand if your budget is already stretched 
and you are somewhat handy electrically, it is 
not all that hard to run the wire and add it to 
your panel at a later date. We ended up rewiring 
our boat, going from fuses to breakers, replacing 
some iffy old wiring and either replacing or 
adding (I can't remember which) the anchor light 
after we had the boat for a couple of years. We 
just replaced the light this year after it 
somehow lost its cover over the winter.

Most of what you do on these boats has the 
opportunity to not be a final decision. Interior 
arrangement, hull color if it is being painted 
and IMF vs standard main are the big ones. Almost 
everything else can be changed relatively easily. 
In the 12 years we have had Fretless, we have 
rewired, rebedded the ports and some of the 
hardware, replaced the stove, replaced the faucet 
and added a foot pump, added a solar fan in place 
of the dorade vent and then replaced the solar 
fan, added a fixed VHF radio and masthead 
antenna, replaced the outboard, replaced the 
rigging, added the UPS sail and hardware, 
replaced the original GB furling unit with a 
Schaefer Snap-Furl. A boat is a never-ending hole 
in your pocket. One of the advantages of a small 
simple boat is that the toys for it cost less 
than they would for a larger boat.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
(recycled 1998)


At 05:02 AM 5/21/2010, you wrote:
>Hey friends: Â  Â Â Â Â  As I am still a 
>prospective Rhodes owner (end of July) I wanted 
>to clear up a matter, and this is it:Â  The GB 
>information says that the Rhodes does not come 
>with an anchor light, since one is only required 
>when anchored in a channel.  BUT, the USCG says 
>that any boat anchored away from a dock or 
>mooring at night must have an "all around" 
>light.  What's the real deal?  Do I--or don't 
>I--need one?  I'll be on an inland lake.  The 
>boater safety course says, "gotta have one." BG 
>says, "don't need one."  Who's right?  thanks. 
>  Joe  (poem follows)               
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>Heaven—after all— i” is illogical with no basis 
>in fact or foundation to support it in the 
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>to exist. I think: Â  To Pythagoras god was but 
>another complex equation unsolved; to the priest 
>he is  a fool with mistaken ideals; to this 
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