Ships Log

Documenting our adventures on the 4788

Category: Lighting / LED

  • New Hallway Lighting

    New Hallway Lighting

    Today, we finally got around to swapping out the failing lights in the hallway of our Bayliner 4788. These replacements have been on our…

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  • LED Lighting Improvements

    LED Lighting Improvements

    Late last season I installed outside LED lighting on the boat. It tucks in under the overhang, and is not noticeable during the day.…

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  • LED Lighting – Phase 1

    LED Lighting – Phase 1

    Over the weekend while staying at Roche Harbor, I had some time to finish the install of what I am calling Phase 1 of…

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  • More interior lights

    More interior lights

    Yesterday we received 13 more of the interior lights we have been working on replacing. Today I replaced 3 more of the old crappy…

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  • More LED replacements

    More LED replacements

    Today I replaced 6 more of the old light fixtures in the kitchen, three along the window, and 3 under the cabinet. It looks…

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  • Head Lighting Upgrade

    Head Lighting Upgrade

    The guest bathroom / head like many of the other lights on board has really yellowed lights, from plastic decaying over time, and some…

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  • New Kitchen Lighting

    New Kitchen Lighting

    Even though many of the original incandescent lights had been converted to LED lighting, they had not been done very well, and they still…

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  • 2020 – A Good Year For Boating

    2020 – A Good Year For Boating

    Many aspects of 2020 were very unprecedented, and there were some big challenges for the world, and for us personally as well, but overall…

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  • Cockpit lighting

    Cockpit lighting

    When we first toured this 4788 Pilothouse before we purchased it, one of the things that stood out was the damaged cockpit lights, that…

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