Glenn S. wrote:


A cheap ($15) pair of binoculars. "I" didn't lose them but they were
lost while I was aboard our friends' party-barge. That's why the good
binoculars stay in the truck !


A couple of years ago while crewing on a friends Mirage 33, I got it
into my head to find out why his Scotty anchor light didn't work. This
was the model with the mercury and photoelectric switches and took at
least 4 'D' sized batteries. I took the thing apart at his slip, using
the boat deck as my worktable. I disassembled it, turned around to get
my battery tester as the whole unit rolled off the boat into about 8
feet of water. I found a long boat hook and got everything back but the
mercury switch. A quick trip to the Binnacle and $ 20.00 took care of
that. I cleaned the unit up, installed the new switch and fresh
batteries and it worked perfectly.