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02-17-2016, 01:34 AM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Why all the red lights?
In addition to the reg. side sector lights this thing has 6 additional all-around red lights up the mast, port and starboard.
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02-17-2016, 01:38 AM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Brothel?
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02-17-2016, 01:40 AM
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Guru
City: Whittier AK
Vessel Name: Apache II
Vessel Model: 1974 Donald Jones
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,147
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Red over red
The captain is dead.
Vessel not under command.
That's the only one I could think of
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If you can't repair it maybe it shouldn't be on the boat
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02-17-2016, 01:57 AM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Originally Posted by MurrayM
Brothel?
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Ya know Murray, when I posted that, the original title was "Is this a floating cat house?"
I changed it just to see who would come up with that first. Then I realized the rest of the country is in bed and since Xsbank has no sense of humour it would have to be you, Al or maybe the Spy Guy. All of you being such good clean livers and all.
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02-17-2016, 02:39 AM
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City: Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club
Vessel Name: Lulu (Refugio sold)
Join Date: Mar 2012
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The doubled ones are interesting. I'm thinking greater intensity though it could simply be backup.
Keith
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02-17-2016, 02:49 AM
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City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
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not under command
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02-17-2016, 04:52 AM
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Senior Member
City: Sydney
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 261
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I couldn't work these out either!
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02-17-2016, 06:54 AM
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City: Tavernier, FL
Vessel Name: Volans
Vessel Model: 2001 PDQ MV 32
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 580
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Red over white over red: vessel restricted in its ability to maneuver, there's a whole bunch of 'em but I forgot them. My captains test was 4 years ago, haha
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02-17-2016, 06:56 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Cincinnati
Vessel Name: Liberty
Vessel Model: DeFever 43
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 65
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As far as I can tell from here, http://www.bosunsmate.org/seamanship/lights.php
It gets really complicated on bigger boats. Look,toward bottom of section.
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Raymond Goff
1978 Marine Trader 34
Www.libertytrawler.com
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02-17-2016, 07:45 AM
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Guru
City: Beverly Hills
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,371
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Vertical red lights used for signaling Vessel aground, restricted maneuvering, constrained by draft.
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02-17-2016, 10:36 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,174
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Friend of mine fitted up an old 80' fishboat as a recreational boat. He wanted CSI rating to do some chartering, and ended up with all those doubled up lights, higher railings, etc. You need to carry the code book to work out what it all means.
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02-17-2016, 10:54 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Cincinnati
Vessel Name: Liberty
Vessel Model: DeFever 43
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 65
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My interpretation of all those lights...Steer away if at all possible....
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02-17-2016, 11:33 AM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Originally Posted by raymond.goff
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Gives me a headache. Like lookin' at a bowl of Smarties in the sky.
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Originally Posted by HiDHo
Vertical red lights used for signaling Vessel aground, restricted maneuvering, constrained by draft.
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I thought the same as raymond.goff; anyone who advertises they may run over things needs a wide berth.
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Originally Posted by koliver
Friend of mine fitted up an old 80' fishboat as a recreational boat. He wanted CSI rating to do some chartering, and ended up with all those doubled up lights, higher railings, etc. You need to carry the code book to work out what it all means.
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With so many variations it's easy to misread. By the time you done figgered out what's goin' on it's too late.
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02-17-2016, 11:37 AM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Funny thing too about this one; none of the lights were offset or yellow to make up the configurations illustrated in the bosunsmate link. 
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02-17-2016, 11:39 AM
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Guru
City: Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Vessel Name: Moana Huaka'i
Vessel Model: Selene 53
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 816
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Trawler drag races anyone? 
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02-17-2016, 12:02 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 25,607
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Those light g pictures are only from one angle...it's the lights and sequence that is important.
Take a US captains course and you will have them all memorized for at least a short amount of time.
Teach a course and most stay with you always.
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02-17-2016, 12:35 PM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Originally Posted by psneeld
Those light g pictures are only from one angle...it's the lights and sequence that is important.
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Ok, so here's another angle; I did do a walk around. Still no yellow and at least in daylight, I can't make a sequence fit any scenarios here Illustrated Navigation Lights
As K Oliver says, you need the book in hand or talk it through with the captain when actually lit.
As far as teaching = remembering; I can't count how many times I taught "correcting/uncorrecting the compass" and I'm still lost with TVMDC, east is least bla bla. But then the 60s and all that that entailed, is paying my brain cells back now.
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02-17-2016, 01:32 PM
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Guru
City: Gulf Shores, Ala.
Vessel Name: Ulysses
Vessel Model: Romsdal 1963
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 878
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There is so little vertical separation between the stacked lights it would appear from anly distance to be one light and not two therefore I vote on "back-up" or redundant lights.
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02-17-2016, 02:11 PM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ulysses
There is so little vertical separation...therefore I vote on "back-up" or redundant lights.
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The same was said by refugio but the argument to that is; none of them are sector (112.5*) lights. They are all-around.
Boat name is Invader so maybe that tells us something.
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02-17-2016, 02:17 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 25,607
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Some yachts need anti collision lights if the mast is tall enough and near a flight path of aircraft.
This one doest look like one but can't really say.
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