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Wiring [for a navigation lamp] was run through the hull in pre-72 models as mentioned in the FAQ at https://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/FAQ/#Q4 On my boat at the spot where [wiring embedded in the hull] would exit for a [combined sidelight navigation lamp at the bow] I just see a brass plug....

Figure 1 shows rust, looking down with the boat flipped. The starboard side doesn’t have any wiring inside the housing; not sure about port. IMG_6437.jpeg I don’t know when BX cable was banned in Massachusetts, but it was used in the vast majority of houses here that were electrified after construct...

I'm restoring an ancient13-footer with a hull number in the 4000s, which should make it a 1960. The lip on the bottom of the gunwale seems to have been formed over something ferrous, perhaps a spiral conduit like BX cable or similar judging from the traces it left behind. It has of course rusted awa...