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





  -----Original Message-----
  From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Indigo
  via CnC-List

  Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 9:46 AM
  To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
  Cc: Indigo
  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.!

  --
  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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