LED Navigation Lights

I needed to replace the anchor/tri-color combination light at the top of Sweet Destiny’s mast, as the old Aquasignal had obviously been broken once before and repaired with 5200, making it impossible to remove without breaking it again. I had heard about LED anchor lights being a great way to save some amps, but Deep Creek, an early innovator in this area, has left the market. A company called OGM has picked up the mantle and developed a great product line. I ordered one of their combination lights, and was pleasantly surprised both by how small, and how dazzlingly bright it is. The design is wonderfully simple, with just one LED each for red and green, and three white ones—one in each of the tricolor’s orientations. While sailing, the red, green, and aft white LEDs blaze. While at anchor, red and green are switched off, and the three white LEDs cover the full circle. Hooked up to a 12 volt power supply at home, I was impressed that it really threw it’s colors around the room. The model I got also includes a photocell to automatically turn off the anchor light during the day. Recommended!