Too many rules and too many grandfathered light patterns..... It is legal to use a 360 light in place of the steaming light, AND the stern light. But you need to display a stern light while sailing unless you use a masthead tri-color light....
Too many switches with too many on/off combinations for anyone to figure out... Bob Stockley Sundance #2436 --- In [email protected], "John Guttridge" <j...@...> wrote: > > Mike, > > > > I think that the steaming light is not required on boats of our size > (under 12M). > > > > http://www.uscgboating.org/SAFETY/fedreqs/equ_nav.htm > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mike > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 7:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IC27A] Re: Mast Light > > > > > > > > > Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but USCG requirements are the 360 > degree anchor light at the top and the 270 degree steaming light by the > spreaders. Somebody gave me a wonderful upgrade in the past: there's a > small spot built into the bottom of my steaming light, wired seperately. > When I turn it on the entire bow lights up, DRASTICALLY improving night > anchoring. As you can imagine, it really helps any time I have have to > go forward after dark! > > There's a photo here: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IC27A/photos/album/708380383/pic/181221058 > 4/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc > > Mike > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> , > "sailmark4" <sail_masterson@> wrote: > > > > While I had my mast down I thought I would upgrade to the SS spreader > sockets and do some wiring maintenance and etc. Turns out the wiring at > the base was shot, too many old, botched repairs. So I'm re-wiring. > Question: I only have one light on the mast, it's the original steaming > light or what ever on the forward side about halfway up, what is the > most common upgrade? All,around white light at the mast top? Tri-color? > > > > Mark > > Solution 4289 > > >
