This is actually very simple. Under power you need the lights of a powerboat, because that is what you are now. A "foredeck light" is something that illuminates the foredeck for work. A steaming light is what makes you legal under power. A steaming light may happen to light up the foredeck, mine does, but it meets specifications for color and visibility. A spotlight aimed down at the deck would not do so. Joe Coquina Meanwhile...............actual powerboats run around with no lights at all or random collections of colored and white lights that have no resemblance to legal running lights. We play a game at night trying to figure out what we are seeing and I doubt more than *maybe* half the powerboats have legal lights.
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of robert via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:48 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List Electrical Question Any wonder there is confusion on this issue.....what's the difference between "sailing vessels less than 20m in length" and any powerboat? Rob On 2016-09-13 11:16 AM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List wrote: Read also what it says about power vessels. When you have the engine on, your boat is a motor vessel. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 9:27 AM, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Appears my 'electrical question' veered off into another discussion on 'navigation lights'........my fault when I said I was told by a fellow club member that my 'masthead/steaming light' was not a legal requirement for my boat. I took the following quote from the West Marine site supplied my Marek: "Sailing vessels less than 20m in length need to show sidelights and a stern light. These may be combined into a bicolor light and stern light, or a single tricolor light at the top of the mast." My boat is "less than 20m in length". Whether the fixture is a legal requirement or not, I am going to replace it with one similar because I want the 'foredeck light', but if it is indeed a legal requirement, I want to comply as well. So back to the beginning, the fixture I saw at the Binnacle looks very much the same as the existing one......I like this as I would not have to drill new holes to attach but if I have to, so be it. The new fixture only has one wire to attach whereas mine appears to have three (not exactly sure as I have not yet removed it from the mast although there are three existing the base of the mast) and I have no idea how to connect it. There must be a logical way to connect it? Rob t we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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