VicS
Well-Known Member
I deduce that the Colemans lantern is a pressurised petrol lantern. I think I would avoid that on my boat and I suspect others would too.
On a small boat the Tilley lantern is too big to stow. I have one that we bought in our camping days which now lives on the garage shelf and is only used during power cuts. I really could not think of any way of stowing it safely on the boat. The same would apply to the Colemans lantern but compounded by the fact that it contains petrol or something similar.
The problem with many of the alternatives to a lantern sold as an anchor light is compliance with the requirements of the "Colregs" regarding visible range. Largely a load of nonsense in a safe anchorage somewhere but in the event of a "mishap" one would be on the losing side of any legal wrangling if not using a lantern that complied with the colregs. On Windy Mere you may have your own regulations to comply with?
The basic hurricane lantern does not comply with any regs either and the only situation in which its use, or that any other alternative to an approved anchor light, can be justified is when it is when it is not practicable to use a lantern which does.
I have a hurricane lantern and it blows out in anything above force 0 which, coupled with my limited electrical power, is why I am looking at LED lanterns. I have only once seen a "brightness" figure for an LED camping type lantern; I think from Maplin although I cannot find it in my out of date catalogue. In theory it should have been bright enough to satisfy the visible range requirements of the colregs.
Sorry Phil not all directed at you personally.
On a small boat the Tilley lantern is too big to stow. I have one that we bought in our camping days which now lives on the garage shelf and is only used during power cuts. I really could not think of any way of stowing it safely on the boat. The same would apply to the Colemans lantern but compounded by the fact that it contains petrol or something similar.
The problem with many of the alternatives to a lantern sold as an anchor light is compliance with the requirements of the "Colregs" regarding visible range. Largely a load of nonsense in a safe anchorage somewhere but in the event of a "mishap" one would be on the losing side of any legal wrangling if not using a lantern that complied with the colregs. On Windy Mere you may have your own regulations to comply with?
The basic hurricane lantern does not comply with any regs either and the only situation in which its use, or that any other alternative to an approved anchor light, can be justified is when it is when it is not practicable to use a lantern which does.
I have a hurricane lantern and it blows out in anything above force 0 which, coupled with my limited electrical power, is why I am looking at LED lanterns. I have only once seen a "brightness" figure for an LED camping type lantern; I think from Maplin although I cannot find it in my out of date catalogue. In theory it should have been bright enough to satisfy the visible range requirements of the colregs.
Sorry Phil not all directed at you personally.
