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Post by finatic on Aug 3, 2018 21:14:36 GMT -5
Anyone got a suggestion for set of good L E D lights. Port and starboard needed I have a windlass.
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Post by fishnfool on Aug 4, 2018 7:15:45 GMT -5
Subscribed
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Post by fishnfool on Aug 4, 2018 7:16:52 GMT -5
Damm Glen you have 1 more post than me! There, that should do it.
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Post by Team Ruby on Aug 4, 2018 9:38:42 GMT -5
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Post by finatic on Aug 4, 2018 9:51:47 GMT -5
Thanks Ron I saw those and found a similar style on Amazon and order them
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Post by fishnfool on Aug 4, 2018 20:59:09 GMT -5
What happened to your light Glen?
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Post by finatic on Aug 5, 2018 9:12:01 GMT -5
Starboard side seal broke from the anchor line getting dragged across it years ago.
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Post by fishnfool on Aug 5, 2018 9:33:28 GMT -5
Curious to hear how your new lights fit and if they are brighter than the factory lights.
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Post by finatic on Aug 5, 2018 9:37:33 GMT -5
They make me laugh, they state their visible from 1 mile and some from 2 miles. Who the Fu-- can see two miles across the water at night an see that little light,,,lol
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Post by hookedup on Aug 5, 2018 12:21:19 GMT -5
The regulation calls for boats from 16 feet to 40 feet to have 'sidelights' (those red and green ones) visible from 1 nautical mile. My lights are about 2-3 feet off the water and unless you are about 20+ feet off the water on a moonless cloudy and low humidity night I doubt you'll see my lights from 1 nautical mile. You might see my aft light better from 1 nautical mile since it it about 9 feet off the water and is supposed to be visible from 2 nautical miles.
I guess they have to have some rules for the lights to at least give us a chance of being seen.
Now, the lights I can see that scare me: When approaching a tugboat how many lights mean it is pushing the cargo, and how many mean it is towing cargo. I do great remembering until I'm on the water at 3am and see the tugboat. Then I start wondering how far back it's cargo is...or is it in front? Most of the time I just give it a wide berth, but I have seen them towing before late at night with a cable 4 to 500 feet back and a barge with a light that looks like a dim candle.
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Post by fishnfool on Aug 5, 2018 12:25:34 GMT -5
That's when radar comes in handy.
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Post by outtadblue on Aug 5, 2018 12:33:17 GMT -5
I really enjoyed studying all the light rules when getting my captain's license, but I'm like you hooked up, at 3am it all goes out the window. Radar and a wide berth is the best bet for sure.
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Post by finatic on Aug 5, 2018 13:08:28 GMT -5
There was a sad story here in Long Island Sound in the 80s a family on a 34 36 foot boat drove in between a tug and its cargo which were a great distance apart from each other the cable split the boat lifted the boat and all the family members Parish terrible accident. The so called captain drifted for a day and a half in the water and was found alive on the shore of Long Island the accident took place in Connecticut to make matters worse if I remember correctly this happened during daylight to this day I remember the name of the boat the Karen E.
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Post by outtadblue on Aug 5, 2018 15:00:22 GMT -5
Very sad story. We see a ton of tugs both pushing and pulling in our gulf with all the oil industry. A couple of years back, I was hailed on the vhf by a tug that I was approaching at night that he had a long tow. He advised me too pass off his bow. I was a good ways from him and had not noticed his light pattern yet. Very nice of him for sure.
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