THESE LIGHTS WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO SHIP FOR A FLAT RATE OF $24 WITH USPS WHEN ORDERED ALONE. IF YOU ORDERED WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS IT WILL DEFAULT TO THE UPS...
THESE LIGHTS WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO SHIP FOR A FLAT RATE OF $24 WITH USPS WHEN ORDERED ALONE. IF YOU ORDERED WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS IT WILL DEFAULT TO THE UPS RATE OF $55+. PLEASE REMEMBER, USPS DOES NOT GUARANTEE ARRIVAL DATES.
This item is now standard with 1156 LED! Uses only a fraction of power vs conventional bulbs.
Shines brighter and will last thousands of hours of continuous use
It is quickly removable from its stanchions and can be stowed away when not needed.
Includes 14 gauge quick disconnect terminals (not pictured), rubber stopper for light base water intrusion, bulb, and socket.
3/4" diameter, 55" height 316 stainless post (Coast Guard regulated height). Can be cut down with pipe cutter and dremel but lens must be above your outboard in its highest position.
Boston Whaler 316 Stainless steel LED stern light, anchor light. Will fit all Classic model boats from 9 - 17ft. Available with or without mounting stanchions. **Will also fit other boats and larger Outrage models if mounted properly (must be proper height above water). Made from high quality, mirror polished 316 stainless steel, Not inferior 304 which, is what some other vendors use. This item uses a BA15S/1156 light source.
Wiring: If wired individually to a switch, use a 3 amp fuse. If combining a bow light to the same switch/circuit, use a 7.5 amp fuse. (If running with dual bow lights, use a 20 amp fuse) LED only. Also, the white wire is hot and should be noted with red tape to indicate it was tested prior to sending.
Note: Thread tape should be used to reduce the risk of water intrusion due to rattling the lens loose and losing a solid seal between the lens and the gasket.
Reducing height of light: If you plan on cutting down your light to a more desirable height please follow these instructions. There is a rubber stopper tightly inserted in the bottom of the tube. Not only is the stopper in the pipe but the wires are also snug in the plug holes. It may be difficult to remove the stopper from the outside. If that is the case, carefully make your cut while the wires are still inside and the light is still assembled. There will be a bit of slack in the wires inside the tube so when you make the cut and go to separate the two new pieces of tubing you will have some room to do so. Once the pipe is cut, take any long hard poker and push the plug out from the inside of the short tube. Once pushed out, you may need a bit of soapy water or other lubricant to remove the wires and also to reinsert them into the new bottom of your pole.
There is likely no better choice for a restored whaler than to utilize Specialty Marine’s all around white nav light. Out of the box it is virtually ready to go. If you already have in place the brackets and boat side pigtail, just slide it into the brackets, tighten the collar, plug it in and you’re in business. If you don’t have a matching pigtail, no worries because one is included for the boat side terminal block connection. I’ve found the led lamp to provide plenty of light. Structurally it is quite robust. Lots of all around lamps wobble like a demented metronome however this light coupled with the correct brackets maintains a quite rigid posture keeping the lamp steady. The pictures do show a slightly modified light though. I removed the supplied plastic fresnel lense and replaced it with a NOS Perko really sweet glass fresnel lense. The glass lense is probably from the 60s so I reckon it’s sat on the shelf long enough and this is the perfect application. I did lubricate the lense threads and sealing gasket liberally with silicone paste/dielectric grease and I recommend everyone to do that even with the plastic lense. Another mod I made was to add full length adhesive lined red and black heat shrink tubing to the existing wires just to add strain relief. Probably complete overkill. You’ll want to seriously tighten the bracket collar to keep gravity from spinning the light backwards and dropping the shaft to the sole. Specialty marine should proud of selling this item!
Store owner replied:
Thank you for the thoughtful review! Another note on the vibration that this light pole takes: highly recommend adding some plumber's tape to the threads to keep the lens from backing off over time. The grease is a great idea for water repulsion though! Never thought of that :)
Wonderful Experience with specialty Marine! Very Very Very nice stern light.
My experience so far has not been very extensive yet. However, I was able to easily locate and order the product I needed. The product also arrived well packaged, and in great condition. I even experienced an unexpected level of honesty and transparency on the part of the company, in the event of a slight error in one of the fees applied to the price of the product. I can’t say anything yet about how the product works, or my level of satisfaction with that. I will need to access help to install it. I am optimistic about it though, and had an overall great experience acquiring this product from this company.
Easy to order. Ordered 2 of the same part and they called to make sure I needed two. I didn’t and appreciate the lady who called and had informed me. Will recommend you for Boston whaler parts.
Fine well made hardware. No issues so far. Pretty much the exact same hardware as original 1971 hardware. Will know how well it’s made months from now.
The new Stern Light is Great. It fit in my existing Stand-offs. I also love that it came with the connectors. It was very easy to connect to power, and very bright. No more worries about a bulb working, or not working, while on the water at night.
Everything I have purchased has been very high quality, packed very well and arrived promptly. In my opinion there is no better place to get whaler replacement parts!
The stern light mast and light are very well made from topnotch materials. It is a full cut above that which is available from popular marine suppliers. It is also accurately reproduced to look exactly like the OEM parts on my 1986 17' Super Sport. I already have installed a Specialty Marine new full wooden interior kit, which is spectacular. Finally, dealing with Specialty Marine online was a breeze, and the shipping was very fast. I highly recommend Specialty Marine to those wishing to keep their vintage Boston Whalers looking that way!
