For that you can always put a combination light (red over green, 360 degrees) at the top of the mast (in ADDITION to the normal stern and side lights).
I don’t want to hop on a high horse, but ANY variation from the rules creates a confusion. Though, I agree that in a swell the normal navigation lights that we carry (what? 3-4 ft. above water?) are simply not visible. I remember a situation when, at night off-shore, we sailed probably less then 100 m from another sailboat (fortunately on parallel courses) and weren’t aware of each other for a long time, because we were a few waves away and either them or us were in the trough and the waves obscured the other vessel's lights. Of course we all are guilty of not following the rules (e.g. raise hand who regularly displays a day shape when anchoring (for extra points, who knows what the day shape for anchoring is), or worse yet – who regularly (or even occasionally) displays the day shape that is required for a sailing vessel under auxiliary power? (double points if you know what that one is without looking up)). Marek From: Petar Horvatic via CnC-List Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 10:00 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Petar Horvatic Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical Question On the high seas, especially in swell, those deck level running lights might be useless. Typical example is crossing the gulf stream from FL to Bahamas. There is so much traffic there and if swell is up, deck level lights are not visible. Shipping lanes are very busy down there. To me, safety is more important than if red/green are below or above the steaming light. Tri-color takes priority for overnight crossings and offshore passages regardless of what the rules are, especially if going solo. Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Indigo via CnC-List Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 9:46 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Indigo Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical Question As far as I know the various navigation light combinations for boats are international. There should be no difference in requirement between countries - that would be highly dangerous. Nav lights have two functions - type of vessel identification, and vessel heading identification. When under power, whether the sails are up or not, a sail boat MUST display the red / green bow lights and stern light AND a steaming / masthead light. The steaming / masthead light must be higher than the red / green bow lights - which is why it is not correct to use a masthead tricolor with a steaming/masthead light. If under sail alone one should not display a steaming/masthead light otherwise you might be confused for a vessel under power. Might be bad where a possibility of collision exists.! -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Sep 12, 2016, at 09:19, Ron Ricci via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > "It is not required under sail." _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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