Better get on and do something

So, since taking Ciao Bella out of the water there has been very little progress.  She's kinda just sitting on the front garden wondering where the water has gone.  I have cleaned off the weed and barnacles  but that's about it.
There is a list in my head of things to do, I daren't write them down as then they become real :)














While scanning through eBay the other day I saw these LED Stern lights from Marine Scene.  £12.44 including delivery seemed like a so out came the credit card.  It arrived a couple of days later and today I mustered the enthusiasm to think about some kind of bracketary for it.

The old stern light has definately got to the end of its road.  UV has taken its toll.  I had hastily knocked up a wooden bracket for this a couple of years ago.. before that it had been pointing down at a peculiar angle.

I had a nice piece of hardwood in the Garage left over from Number one sons GCSE project.  Using the table saw I trimmed off the bits that I needed and cut a groove in the back of the face plate to accept the mounting block.  These two where then glued and screwed together.

To allow the leads to pass through, I drilled though at an angle from the middle of the face plate down and along the mounting block.  Stopping before breaking through the base and then drilled in from the side.

The unit has nine super-bright LED's mounted on  a PCB with the lead soldered on. Hopefully should help with reliability as bulb holders tend to fur up.

Lamp trial fitted, happy with the position a how it looks, I have removed it again for several coats of varnish and to keep it out of UV until at least the star of the season :)

In other news, my mate Roger turned up with a very welcome gift of some Silky Marine Bright.. Should make a splendid job of cleaning the hull.. I'll let you know.