MicroStar LEDS: 2000 Pacific Cup Boat - Rage
As part of provisioning and modifying Rage (70 foot Sled) for the 2000 Pacific Cup, MicroStars (Model 100) LED lights were installed above and below decks . (Click to enlarge image.)
 The Boat. |
 For ease of retrofit, MicroStars were installed in existing dome lights and provided with their own switches. |
 MicroStars were also installed in Loc-Line articulating plastic hose assemblies. |
 Installed in Loc-Line and secured to a shroud 5' above the deck. |
 MicroStar Placement: There are nine MicroStars in this picture. |
 Looking forward into forepeak. |
 From main salon, looking to port side. |
 Starboard quarterberth. |
Note: After Rage successfully took first in division and third over all in the 2000 Pacific Cup, Bruce Schwab, co-skipper of Rage, dropped us this note:
"I'm back from the Pacific Cup Race to Hawaii and wanted to drop you a big THANK YOU! The "Microstar" LED lights we installed aboard "Rage" were a tremendous success. I'm not exaggerating to say the their extremely low power drain and perfect level of brightness played a role in our class victory. The "MicroStar" lights are a great product and I am now convinced I want them in our new Wylie designed "Open 60". Efficient, high quality lighting is often overlooked on ocean cruising and racing yachts and I wouldn't build a boat without the "MicroStars". Adding them to Rage was a fantastic idea."
Bruce Schwab
Co-Skipper, Rage,
West Marine Pacific Cup 2000
and Skipper, Made in America's "Open 60" Globe Challenges
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