On 1/10/06, Paul Braschi <pb@paulbraschi.com> wrote:
>
> To chime in on navigation lights . . .I only have a tricolor . . . After
> 4 summers of NE costal cruising and a few offshore passages in heavy
> shipping lanes . . . I would have both deck level running lights and a
> tricolor with strobe . . . In harbors tri-colors get lost in the chaos
> of stars, anchor lights and houselights . . . And some power boaters
> don't know enough to look up


To reinforce Alan's points (and I think they are international rules - not
just the U.S.Coast Guard)
  You are illegal if you are motoring or motor-sailing at night with a
masthead tricolor
  You are also illegal if you use both a masthead tricolor and deck lights
simultaneously under either power or sail
  As I recall there is basically no time when you can legally use a masthea=
d
strobe - at least while underway - except in an emergency



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