Access Fixtures Delivers Dark Sky Friendly Tennis Court Lighting at Corinthian Yacht Club

Access Fixtures, a leader in high-performance commercial, industrial, and sports LED lighting, announces the completion of a twin tennis court LED lighting project at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The project replaced aging 1,000-watt metal halide lamps with eight APTI 600 LED sport lights, delivering an average of 33 footcandles across both courts with a Dark Sky friendly tennis court lighting design that protects a neighboring residential property.

The Corinthian Yacht Club presented a specific challenge: it needed competition-level illumination for twin side-by-side courts while keeping all light within the property boundary. A neighboring property required a dedicated light trespass calculation grid as part of the photometric study. The result - a zero upward light ratio and a verified light trespass boundary was confirmed before a single fixture was ordered.

Access Fixtures lighting engineers designed the layout around four existing 30-foot wood poles positioned 10 feet from the sidelines and aligned with the court inbound lines. Eight APTI 600 LED sport lights were mounted using twin-arm wood pole mounts, two fixtures per pole, replacing the existing 1,000-watt metal halide lamps without requiring new pole installation.

Backlight shielding on each fixture ensures all light is directed onto the court surface, with no spillage above the fixture plane.

The project was ordered on January 12, 2020. In March 2020, COVID-19 created a supply disruption affecting optic lens components. Access Fixtures identified the delay early and notified the Corinthian Yacht Club proactively on March 10, providing a revised production schedule. Fixtures shipped March 18 and arrived on site March 30, maintaining the project timeline despite the supply chain disruption.

The APTI 600 specified for this project has been succeeded by the ASTA LED Sports Light, Access Fixtures' current platform for outdoor sports and court lighting. The ASTA delivers the same precision optic control and photometric performance that defined the APTI 600, with an EXTREME-LIFE L70 rating of 200,000 hours and IP66 protection against powerful water jets.

For tennis court lighting projects, Access Fixtures provides a full photometric study with every design modeling footcandle levels, uniformity ratios, upward light ratio, and light trespass boundaries before any fixtures are ordered.