If the foretriangle light is dimmer than the anchor light, just claim that it's visibility is entirely an artifact of illuminating the deck for your own safety (like not tripping on anything). I mean when's the last time you saw a large, properly-illuminated vessel that didn't have a whole mess of extra lighting beyond the required display (submarines don't count)?
Cheers, Kris On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:34:23PM -0500, Gregg Dennhardt wrote: > 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 -- Kris Coward http://unripe.melon.org/ GPG Fingerprint: 2BF3 957D 310A FEEC 4733 830E 21A4 05C7 1FEB 12B3 _______________________________________________ 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
