From; http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1955792
Originally Posted by kc8pql View Post "A few years ago, in the middle of the night, a jet ski hit a boat anchored out in a secluded cove. The boat was only slightly damaged, but the jet skier had severe head injuries. *The boat was using a solar powered landscape light for an anchor light*. After the insurance companies went round and round for a while it ended up in court. The anchored boat lost, not because his light wasn't CG approved, but because he couldn't prove that the light he was showing complied with the colreg visibility requirements at the time of the accident. Ya pays ur money and ya takes ur chances." I thought jet skies could not run after dark? And who would be silly enough to run through such a place at night at speed? I doubt if any light would have helped this person was drunk or crazy! -Ken _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
