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- Stu On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:58 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't know the length cut-off where you have to have two separate white > lights. > > The major thrust of the white lights is that all power-driven vessels must > show a white light continuously all around the vessel whether done by one > or two lights. > > In my opinion one should not show two white lights (unless they are mast > and range lights as on big vessels) at the same time, such as anchor and > stern light. > > I have often wished I had a Letter of Marquis to write (and keep half for > myself) citations for bad lights. They are almost always improper steaming > light and occasionally the stern light. Sailboats often forget to turn on > the steaming light when firing up the iron jib, many small runabouts have > lights (when they remember to turn them on) occulted by biminis or people. > On several occasions I have watched all the boats in the harbor from > sundown to around 11pm and found 30 to 50 percent have illegal lights. The > least compliant are trailer-sized runabouts, the most are commercial > vessels. > > I have even seen red and green lights reversed on two occasions. > > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Gloucester MA > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Jamie Millar Sr <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 7/10/2010 1:20:21 PM >> Subject: (T&T: & TWL2:) Anchor Light v. Steaming Light >> >> What's the regulatory difference between an anchor light and a steaming >> light on a 40' power boat? >> >> My Mainship has a single fixture Perko lamp with two bayonet bulbs that >> serves both purposes. I've had to replace more bulbs than I think I > should. >> I'd like to replace the fixture, or at least the lamps, with an LED device >> that includes photocell to keep it off during daylight. There are a myriad >> of products offered with a lot of cost variation and I wonder if some of > the >> variation relates to intended purpose (steaming v. anchor) driving design. >> >> Also, since my application is a single fixture with a single switch >> (running/off/anchor), if I put a photocell at the fixture, I wonder what >> risk there is of the lamp not coming on early enough in twilight to be >> legal. >> >> Thoughts and recommendations? >> >> Jamie >> Mainia, 2002 Mainship 390 #350 >> >> - > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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 > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
