Well, the drawback is that there can be/is a blind spot for oncoming vessels.wkisting wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:49 am Fallguy, can you elaborate about the drawbacks of side mounted?
I could go with a single, center-mounted combination bow light. That would probably look best, and should guarantee appropriate visibility at all required angles. Or they make separate top mount lights that I could place in each corner of the bow, though I worry a little about those getting snagged occasionally on a dock line or kicked when people board or unboard at a dock from the forward cockpit.
A traditionally mounted beam is never obscured by the bow.
This is why a stern, or in our cases, cabin top running light is important, imo.