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I got the tube and I am waiting for the light assembly.
This weekend I was playing with the height using my boat hook as a test light. Dave is correct the regs indicate 1meter above the red/green lights. Measuring from the deck to the top of the gunnals is 18 inches, which means the light pole should be a total of 57 inches assuming the measurements are done to the bottom of the light. If the 1 meter includes the height of the light, then the total length of the pole is 55 1/2 inches. Past the 53/54 inch range the light is running into the stern cleats, although it's possible to work it back between the wires and the gas lines.
This is all assuming that you don't have to account for bow rise when measuring for lighting. Does anyone know if that is a true statement? The regulations didn't indicate anything other than height above navigation lights. They also didn't indicate height above things like, outboards, standing humans or sun tops.
Do the rules apply for the bare hull or with the heaviest engine possible?
Even acounting for the difference, I think this turns the sternlight pole into 5 foot length of pipe which is still doable to store although shorter is better for storage.
I measured the difference between the bow and the stern with the boat floating and got 8 inches. So the sternlight pole needs to be 60 inches long in total. This will put the light 1 meter above the Nav lights when the boat is in the water.
I will keep you posted on how the construction goes.
I have almost finished the sternlight. I used teak to make the washer and a 1 1/4 inch dowel that I then glued and nailed together. I drilled two holes thru the SS pipe to insert #8 x 3/4 inch screws to hold the top section in the pipe. The total length of the pipe is 60 inches although I am actually going to shorten that by 3 inches to 57 inches. That makes to light a total of 61 1/4 inches high when you factor in the the 3/4 inch thick washer, the 3 inch high light and the 1/2 inch rise for the teak block that the light sits in. Evenstar
If the teak doesn't hold, I will have a 2 1/4 inch washer of Stainless Steel welded onto the pipe and drill / tap for screws to hold the light fixture on.
