Under power you cannot display 360 degree red/green light.
If you have a tricolour (segments + anchor), your 135 degree stern segment
should be off when you turn on the anchor light, i.e. you would not display two
lights towards the stern). However, the lights would be inverted (white is
below red/green).
Marek
From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 10:22
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Joel Aronson
Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical Question
So if you have a combo tricolor/anchor masthead light and you are under power
should they both be on?
Joel
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Petar Horvatic via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
On the high seas, especially in swell, those deck level running lights might
be useless. Typical example is crossing the gulf stream from FL to Bahamas.
There is so much traffic there and if swell is up, deck level lights are not
visible. Shipping lanes are very busy down there. To me, safety is more
important than if red/green are below or above the steaming light.
Tri-color takes priority for overnight crossings and offshore passages
regardless of what the rules are, especially if going solo.
Petar Horvatic
Sundowner
76 C&C 38MkII
Newport, RI
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 9:46 AM
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Electrical Question
As far as I know the various navigation light combinations for boats are
international. There should be no difference in requirement between
countries - that would be highly dangerous. Nav lights have two functions -
type of vessel identification, and vessel heading identification. When
under power, whether the sails are up or not, a sail boat MUST display the
red / green bow lights and stern light AND a steaming / masthead light. The
steaming / masthead light must be higher than the red / green bow lights -
which is why it is not correct to use a masthead tricolor with a
steaming/masthead light. If under sail alone one should not display a
steaming/masthead light otherwise you might be confused for a vessel under
power. Might be bad where a possibility of collision exists.!
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Jonathan
Indigo C&C 35III
SOUTHPORT CT
> On Sep 12, 2016, at 09:19, Ron Ricci via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:
>
> "It is not required under sail."
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