This is a project I'd been planning for awhile, and I finally got the time to actually install. I wanted cockpit lighting for those early morning, or after dark fishing sorties... In conjunction with my plan to eventually replace (almost) all of my incandescent lights with LED's, I selected "marker, double bulls-eye" truck marker lights from SuperBrightLED's...
http://www.superbrightleds.com/truck_lights.htm
I installed three of the marker lights under each gunwale, and replaced the bulbs in the OEM, Parker installed, Attwood fixtures with LED replacements. This gives me 4 red LED lights under each gunwale which casts a nice red glow throughout the cockpit.
I also replaced the light inside the pilothouse with an LED unit that has a 3 position switch for: Red...Off...White
The only incandescent light left on the boat is the cockpit flood light mounted up behind the rocket launcher, just in case I need a LOT of light.![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Two other items that were done at the same time...
This coming winter I plan on installing a cockpit driving station (sourced from a 25' C-Hawk). I've had the Icom remote microphone for my Icom 502a on my "parts shelf" for some time, so I decided to go ahead and mount it under the gunwale, in the area where the steering station will eventually be mounted.
Now I don't have to keep going into the cabin to answer the VHF.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Finally, a simple one... I mounted a very sharp folding knife under the stbd gunwale using marine velcro. How many times have we all needed a knife right now while fishing?
Now I have one in the cockpit and another mounted on the helm (also mounted with velcro).
BTW - This is what the lights look like at night.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/truck_lights.htm
I installed three of the marker lights under each gunwale, and replaced the bulbs in the OEM, Parker installed, Attwood fixtures with LED replacements. This gives me 4 red LED lights under each gunwale which casts a nice red glow throughout the cockpit.
![Image-0BDB4F58DD2511D9.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2b3/2b3dd4d88dc3ad803faa2e65c1236447.jpg)
![Image-0BDB2408DD2511D9.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/48c/48c15e08591b450ac89b11c433686bb4.jpg)
I also replaced the light inside the pilothouse with an LED unit that has a 3 position switch for: Red...Off...White
The only incandescent light left on the boat is the cockpit flood light mounted up behind the rocket launcher, just in case I need a LOT of light.
![Image-0BDBA72DDD2511D9.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/928/9280593940d1b9b788f5373b8a6f8bdc.jpg)
Two other items that were done at the same time...
This coming winter I plan on installing a cockpit driving station (sourced from a 25' C-Hawk). I've had the Icom remote microphone for my Icom 502a on my "parts shelf" for some time, so I decided to go ahead and mount it under the gunwale, in the area where the steering station will eventually be mounted.
Now I don't have to keep going into the cabin to answer the VHF.
![Image-0BDAD664DD2511D9.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/59f/59f051421d02e92dddecbb88756809f4.jpg)
Finally, a simple one... I mounted a very sharp folding knife under the stbd gunwale using marine velcro. How many times have we all needed a knife right now while fishing?
Now I have one in the cockpit and another mounted on the helm (also mounted with velcro).
![Image-0BDB8034DD2511D9.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/340/340ce5fbe1212daf7fbbeabc77190e3a.jpg)
BTW - This is what the lights look like at night.
![Image-BD87E64BDE0411D9.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/00a/00af233940a0429bfd8ad2ee15186ed0.jpg)