> From: "Bandership@ > Perhaps the best for safety would be two lights low on either side of the > mast a bit above the boom.
That's what I have done. I use the masthead anchor light, all nice and tidy and USCG-approved, and also hang a Davis Mega-Light from the boom over the cockpit. The Mega-Light gives me an even shot (I think) of a fisherman or person in a runabout not looking up noticing my boat AND helps me find my boat on the way back in the dink. I often leave a cabin light or two on as well. As part of a current project to add some antenna supports to my radar pole I'm contemplating adding an LED anchor light with a light sensor so I don't have to rig and de-rig the Mega-Light. > From: James Maynard <james.h.maynard@> > 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. Thanks for posting those Jim. I should look up the rules more often instead of depending on memory. sail fast and eat well, dave S/V Auspicious _______________________________________________ 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
