David,
I have raced at night and use a combination of wind instruments,
masthead wind indicator and a red LED flashlight with zoom to look at
the lower two genoa telltales. Also feel of the helm and boat tells me
when I am getting into trouble. Being an East Coast boat my mast head
wind inst. project forward of the mast with a Davis wind indicator on
the aft portion of the masthead. The Davis indicator is higher than my
white masthead running light and its red reflectors can easily be seen
from the helm (looking up does cause a neck ache). The two vanes I have
set at approx 36 deg. Since my mast is down each year, I carefully
align the Davis so the vanes are equally off the mast's centerline.
Don Kern
On 2/26/2023 12:01 PM, David Knecht via CnC-List wrote:
I just read an interesting article in Practical Sailor on red vs.
white lights and night vision. It reminded me to ask a question of
those more experienced about night racing. I have only done this a
few times and found upwind steering at night to be a real challenge.
I normally steer by the genoa telltales. In light, shifting winds
which we inevitably encounter at the darkest hours, it is especially
important to steer well to keep the boat moving, but it is hard. We
used a hand held spotlight to periodically check the telltales, but
that destroys night vision. Are there better solutions? Thanks- Dave
S/V Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT
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