transom LED lights
 

hey everyone
My name is mitch im 21 new here on offshore, im from central, ohio just bought my first boat, ive been around boats for my whole life. Just bought an 1989 Stingray SVC 222 with a built 350sbc with alpha drive.

Im looking for LED transom lights and i see west marine now has their bay blaze led's and they are a good price. Read reviews and havent seen anything bad. Just wondering if anyone has used them.
Heres a link http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...&ci_sku=952888

Hey Mitch, I just spoke to a guy in are area who said he has installed 1400 of those LEDs, and only 2 have failed. He is well know around here for his stereo and lighting and I would have to believe they are good, just thought I would mention that

As long as your not looking for a lot of color options look into Coastal. They arent as bling bling as other mfgs. they are geared more towards fish boats, but they are high quality, hand made, and super bright. Chris is a true class act to deal with. The hull truth crowd swears by them.

http://www.coastalnightlights.com

I will chime in....

http://www.lumiteclighting.com/seablaze3dualcolor.html

Lumitec lighting, different configurations. Small hole needs to be drilled in transom. 3 seasons no problems. Super, super bright. I have all blue. A few more bucks, not many then what you were looking at, but these have a proven track record!!!! You won't be sad

Maybe three weeks ago...
 

If you go back a number of pages you will find two or three threads on here. I am thinking they were something like three weeks ago or so.

I really don't remember the specifics other than, if my memory serves me correctly, they were lengthy.

You might want to also investigate [url]http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=led+lights++underwater&IndexArea =product_en&

Where do you play? Buckeye, Olentangy, Erie, Alum, Mirror Lake?

So the west marine ones arent too shabby?

Thanks everyone for chiming in. I might order so interior led light tape from coastal soon!

I play at buckeye and alum mostly. They are equal distance from my house. I also boat on the muskingum river bc we have 5acres on the water there.

Which pool on the Muskingum?

Have you ever done the Dresden to Marietta Trip?

havent done that route yet. but we have property between Malta/McConnelsville and Stockport i think thats between lock 6 and 7? we live closer to stockport end tho

River Marine Supply in Miami carry the Lumitecs also. ALOT cheaper than West Marine. Do a seach for them, they have an online store.

Hmm ill check it out. I met the river marine guys at the miami boat showw in feb.

West marine has them 119 each, river marine has lumintecs for 219 and up

I used ocean LEDs. Little pricey but nice. I have a vid on YouTube. Just search s022mag and you'll see it. It's at night and there blue.

I boat up at alum too usually tied up with a 292 and 32 sunny. Going to buckeye this tuesday and def for the fireworks. I've always wanted to do muskingham but not familiar with it. Shoot me a pm if you want details on the LEDs.

Lol I think I was with you on memorial day at Alum. PM sent

Not much of a reality... and also LEDs...
 

You and s022mag are welcome to charts I have of the Muskingum River. Some are published, some are hand drawn and some are copies. Many of the published are from when the Muskingum really was a commercial waterway.

They were from an old friend who navigated the river from the upper pool in Zanesville to Marietta very, very often. They are written on with all sorts of notes, some relevant, others not. To say they are old would be a huge understatement.

The trip to and from Marietta is fun. Haven't been there for about 20 years, but there were little riverside "dives" that were fun to go to and hang for a while. That was with an aluminum river jon, so I can just imagine with a go fast!

It really is a short trip if you hit the locks in a timely manner. At each lock have them call ahead with your approximate time and they will be set for you. Fuel availability might be an issue between Stockport and Marietta, so have a tank full.

I strongly suggest a drive on both sides of the river looking for landmarks and if there are still places to stop, eat, drink, or get out of weather. Some locks you can tie off and get out, others you can't. Depending who the lock tenders are, some let you ladder through the lock, others require you to have a long enough line to tie to cleats at the top of the wall. I have locked through enough on the Muskingum and other places it is nothing to me. I know of people who almost have panic attacks. You might want to go through the first time with someone else.

OH, yes, in some of the locks they have heavy cable over the side with a length of railroad track. In a perfect world you are suppose to have a line with a metal snap. Cleat to the boat and snap to the cable.

Fenders, plenty of fenders. You might be in there alone, or you might have to wait for the next group to go through. The boat next to you might have a 12" freeboard and you are there with a 36" freeboard. Usually you want the larger heavier boats against the wall and you tie to them, but its is not a perfect world and you might be the bigger heavier boat.

I need to look for the charts. I do not remember seeing them for a long time. I know they are not here, but they may be at the shoppe or a friend's place in New York... or they may have accidently gone to the shredder long ago. The chances of my ever being on the Muskingum again are about as good as my being in the English Channel again, so if I find them they might as well be put to use!

Back to LEDs... Granted, his use is different than yours. Friday a friend received some LEDs he ordered via Alibi.com. He had ordered another set through a marine supplier. Virtually identical, he defies anyone to tell him which is from China and which is from Taiwan. According to him the only difference was the packaging. Well, that's not true, the ones in a bulk packaging scheme were about 20% of the price... including shipping!

Those charts would be sweet! But im prolly going to try these west marine led's these have a 1 year warranty, and they are affordable. Im a student Aircraft Mechanic so im a budget. Im only 21 lol

Im going to try and make it to the Buckeye lake Fireworks. If my boat if out of the shop by then.

Absolutely, I had Lumitec SeaBlaze 3's and they were excellent... Plus you can get them on amazon for $230 a piece. They will be going on my new boat as well.

Seablaze 3 are excellent. 2 seasons with no issues. On a boat with twin engines use three.

Did some research, the west marine bay blaze light are made buy lemitec, says right on the lights lol

Did ocean LED on mine 4 of them and they look good espicailly for the deal i got them at... 96 each....

Did you get A3's? Ive been seeing A3 series lights on clearence lately and they only sell A3 pro series now

How many of the West Marine ones would you recommend? I am planning on buying "blue" ones and my boat is 24ft long, I boat in fresh [but, murky] water. Not looking to catch fish, but, LOVE the look of the wake lit up at night, Thanks!

Just put them on today, 2 is good but if you have twin drives id get another for in between. Ill get pics up next time i take ot out. I found out the west marine bay blaze lights are made by lumitec, says right on the light itself. Bargain price and they dont seem to be made cheap, they are anodized aluminum. Super easy to install as well

Great! My boat has a single Bravo drive, but, I boat in the Great Lakes/St Lawrence 90% of the time, which isn't exactly the Carribean, LOL!

Look forward to the pics!

I should have some by the weekend hopefully

Cool, hope they work out well, there is a West Marine not far from me, will check them out next time I am in there, Thanks!

Yea hopefully they are bright in the water, they are blinding at night for the driveway test lol