Replacing The Old Navigation Lights

The original navigation lights were foggy, melted, and corroded, so I searched online for exact replacements. I got pretty close to the original style.

Above on the left is what the original stern and mast light style. On the right is the new

mast and stern lights we installed. The new lights came with incandescent bulbs, but we

used LED bulbs instead.

Above photo is the red bow navigation light. There is also one with a green lens. These photos show the original bulb shipped with the new lights and the LED bulbs we used.

Above are the original bow lights. Before are the new replacement lights.

We replaced the old wiring with new marine wire. Below are photos

showing the marine wire we used for our navigation lights.

Below are photos of the lights after we installed them on the boat.

The Stern Light is above.

The bow lights. LED bulbs have a polarity. Be sure to check the polarity before installing the cover. Although I checked for continuity, I failed to check the bulb polarity and had to remove both bow light covers and turn the bulbs around. They worked fine then.

While we were at it, we added LED lights at the top of the mast so we could light up the boat at night. We added a dimmer switch to adjust the brightness. If we are anchored on the water at night, we can illuminate the boat to whatever level of brightness we desire.