Well, instead of a single all-round white light as prescribed in Rule 30(b),
Rule 30(b): A vessel of less than 50 meters in length may exhibit
may exhibit an all-round white light where it can best be
seen
instead of the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this
Rule.
one could instead show the lights prescribed in paragraph (a), like the
big ships do.
Rule 30(a): A vessel at anchor shall exhibit where it can best be seen
(i) in the fore part, an all-round white light or one
ball; and
(ii) at or near the stern and at a lower level than the
light prescribed in subparagraph (i), an all-round
white light.
If you have spreader lights, you could also turn them on, as described in
Rule 30(c).
Rule 30(c): A vessel at anchor may, and a vessel of 100 meters or more
in length shall, also use the available working or
equivalent
lights to illuminate her decks.
With modern LED lights, this might actually fit into your electrical
power budget (though perhaps not into your _financial_ budget!). Hang
an all-round white light about halfway up the forestay, using the jib
halyard and a downhaul. Hang another all-round white light near the
bottom of the backstay, using the main halyard and a downhaul. Then turn
on the spreader lights.
I notice that the Annex I requirements for "Horizontal sectors",
paragraph (b)(i) reads, "All-round lights shall be so located as not to
be obscured by masts, topmasts, or structures within angular sectors of
more than 6 degrees, _except anchor lights prescribed in Rule 30, which
need not be placed at an impracticable height above the hull._"
[emphasis added]
Give the nit-picking water cop as little opening as possible to claim
non-compliance.
-----------------------------------
Jim Maynard
Baba 30 #4
S/V "Mistress" of Portland, Oregon
-----------------------------------
Witchcraft does not have a masthead anchor light, which has not been aproblem
so far as, in the past, we have always grabbed a mooring or slip at night, or
anchored during daytime with a day shape.
So here is the question. Will a light hung from a halyard satisfy the
anchor light requirements? Maybe one of those Davis Mega-Lites, or a
lantern? The "where best seen" part makes me wonder.
--
Stephen Petri
S/V Witchcraft, Ranger 33 No. 161
http://www.teamwitchcraft.com
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