Dinghy Nav Lights?

[BillinPA]

What are you using for lights on your dinghy?
I’d prefer not to spend $100 + for lights that would be used infrequently.

many ideas?

Bill.

 

[Stee6043]

I used the suction cup style red/green up front and a transom-clamp style white all around for several years on my Zodiak. Zero complaints. Maybe $40 all-in?

 

[Henry Boyd]

I used the suction cup style red/green up front and a transom-clamp style white all around for several years on my Zodiak. Zero complaints. Maybe $40 all-in?

I think given the size of the typical dinghy a white light on a transom pole probably is enough.

 

[Blueone]

I think it has to with where you boat. I can get away with a clamp on the transom led white light.
I have nav lights but no where to fasten it the bow…. The suction cups are useless you mine as well just throw them overboard… that’s where they are going to end up

 

[Strecker25]

What are you using for lights on your dinghy?
I’d prefer not to spend $100 + for lights that would be used infrequently.

many ideas?

Bill.

I have a pole on the stern and I think I'm going to hang these off the bow handles on either side

https://www.amazon.com/Boating-Navi...pY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

 

[Stee6043]

I think given the size of the typical dinghy a white light on a transom pole probably is enough.

Unless he's rowing he needs the red/green to be legal...

 

[Stee6043]

I think it has to with where you boat. I can get away with a clamp on the transom led white light.
I have nav lights but no where to fasten it the bow…. The suction cups are useless you mine as well just throw them overboard… that’s where they are going to end up

You gotta get it wet before you stick it, @Blueone

It also helps to have a kid up there pushing it down every 5 minutes. Ohh and did I mention to be sure to get one that floats? Yeah...retrieving that light is something I've done more than once...

 

[Blueone]

You gotta get it wet before you stick it, @Blueone ..

That’s usually what knocks it off

 

[Shoyrtt]

I picked up this set from Overton’s for under $40. Instead of the suction cup, it uses 3M double sided tape to attach to the hypalon. I used the clamp for the stern.

 

[yobub]

I have a pole on the stern and I think I'm going to hang these off the bow handles on either side

https://www.amazon.com/Boating-Navigation-Battery-Operated-Pontoon/dp/B08X4KVHFP/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=inflatable+navigation+lights&qid=1648483525&sprefix=inflatable+navigat,aps,74&sr=8-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFQTjQ0OVpNUlFJV0kmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA4Mjc2NTBRNTU1TVlEOVBFSlMmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDA4NzUwM0c2SzI5S0o0TkFPTyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

I have this setup the way @Strecker25 describes. The lights aren't USCG legal but unless someone is hell-bent on pulling you over at night in your dinghy, they serve the purpose. They are visible.

 

[Stee6043]

I have this setup the way @Strecker25 describes. The lights aren't USCG legal but unless someone is hell-bent on pulling you over at night in your dinghy, they serve the purpose. They are visible.

I prefer minimize any reason I might get pulled over, especially, super especially, after dark on my dinghy heading back to my boat from...wherever I may have been. Call me overly cautious if you will....