Ron & Group: Just a question...
Couldn't adding a supplemental light put you in jeopardy with the claim that the non-regulation light was confusing? I know, not getting hit is the concern but with Norm's "interpretative enforcement" comments I just wondered everyone's thoughts. Gregg S/V Neverland Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:58 AM, "Ron Rogers" <[email protected]> wrote: > What are you folks thinking? Commonly accepted? There is a law with two > requirements: range and 360 degree visibility. The showing of an anchor > light is mandatory - not optional. Although nighttime CG boardings are > unusual, nighttime accidents are not. If you are not showing an *approved* > anchor light, you will be found at fault. You can use any light source as > long as it meets the range and all-around visibility requirements. The > regular Davis light does not meet these requirements. > > For sailboats, the legal masthead anchor light is often not sufficient to > warn speeding powerboats. We always augmented our anchor light with another > light low in the foretriangle. A neighbor of mine used a kerosene light for > this purpose. LED anchor lights are the solution to battery drain overnight. > > Ron Rogers > > _______________________________________________ > 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
