Replaced factory anchor light...

[ian ashton]

I can't stand the goofy flip up anchor light that comes on our boats - I tolerated it for 5 seasons on our 2008, and 2 on the 2013 before I decided to replace it.

I couldn't find a reasonably priced option that I liked, so I decided to go with one of these, and then build a base out of 2" PVC.

I bought 2' length at HomeDepot for like $4 and cut to length;


Then I glued the base to the pipe;


And filled, then sanded;


Painted it black, wired it up, and love it!

[Rakkasan]

Great minds think alike. Did mine in the off season. Didn't go as high as yours, instead of glue I cut some round disk out of plywood and pounded them in the pvc to secure it to the tower and light. Finished with a coat of plastic dip and some extra HydroTurf I had left over just to the top of the tower around the light.

[kaneboats]

Why didn't you run the wires inside the tower and up from underneath? Never too late.

[ian ashton]

That's how I did it I hate wires!

[Rakkasan]

Why didn't you run the wires inside the tower and up from underneath? Never too late.

I just figured the main tower pipe was still solid where the cross pipe(where the light is mounted) was welded on. Can't think of a reason way they would compromise the integrity of the tower and cut a hold there. We do have different towers and I'm guessing your wire was already running to the tube your light was mounted to.?.

[trayson]

Why wouldn't you have gone with the light mounted to the tower's rope tow point? I usually like the things you do, but the extra light up there looks like a tumor with the light on top.

If I ever do something, I want mine to look like this:



Also, the ebay light sells for $30. But for a little more you can get the real Attwood LED light that is going to be OEM on newer boats:
http://www.amazon.com/Attwood-LED-Wa...XPVQSWBXMNHRR1

[ian ashton]

To put it on top of the tow point I would have had to drill through the solid aluminum mount, and had a bolt with a hole to run the wire through - I actually bought a tow point light first that I couldn't adapt because the design was so different.

[ian ashton]

[trayson]

LMAO! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Good explanation. I figured there had to be a GOOD reason why you didn't do it that way.

[ian ashton]

Infact, here is the first tower anchor light I bought. Anyone wanna buy it? It's just a totally different design than the tower is meant to have.