Just remember that a masthead tricolor with a steaming light is NOT a recognized nav light configuration; you need to use deck-level nav lights with a steaming light when under power. Masthead tri can only be used when sailing.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Feb 4, 2020, at 12:12 PM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > +1 on that. > > In a seaway, the deck level navigation lights are not visible, until you are > one wave away or if you happen to be in sync with the other boat (both boats > at the top of the wave at the same time). The mast top light is visible for > at least hundreds of meters. > > On flat water (a lake?, coastal??) the deck level lights are more natural > (easier to understand and spot). > > Marek > > 1994 C270 Legato > Ottawa, ON > > From: Neil Andersen via CnC-List <> > Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 13:00 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <> ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com <> > Cc: Neil Andersen <> > Subject: Re: Stus-List New thought re: anchor light? > > What is required and what is smart are not always the same. A masthead > tri-color is not what I would use here in the Chesapeake as many > (power)boaters don’t look up. At sea, I wouldn’t use anything else. > > You can’t use both at the same time, but you can have both on your boat and > use what is appropriate for where you are. > > By the way, the tri-color provides the aft facing white light. > > Neil A > 1982 C&C FoxFire 32 > Rock Hall, MD > > Neil Andersen > 20691 Jamieson Rd > Rock Hall, MD 21661 > >> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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